THE INSULATED AND THE DAMNED
The Tehelka, Nov 11,06 Sanjay DubeyNew Delhi
Six years after the Juvenile Justice Act was passed, it is a dead letter for all practical purposes. Children suspected of crimes face a harrowing ordeal
The Juvenile Justice Act (JJA) is a solemn promise by the present to the future. Those who are charged with the statutory duty must not fail,” the Patna High Court declared in 1989. However, as even a cursory comparison of the provisions of the act with the experience of juvenile accused and undertrials in Delhi shows, the reality on the ground does not match up to the lofty pronouncements of the high court.
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