Top Law News Juvenile justice system ineffective: Enforcement agencies May 28, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s juvenile justice system has not been effective in safeguarding the rights of half a million street children in the capital, according to various enforcement agencies. This situation exists despite implementation of the landmark Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection of Children) in 2000. Representatives of concerned agencies met on Saturday to take stock of […] Read more » Child Welfare Committee CWC Enforcement agencies Juvenile Justice Act Juvenile justice system ineffective SJPU Special Juvenile Protection Units
Criminal Law News Maid torture: Doctor couple sent to judicial custody April 10, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Monday sent to 14 days judicial custody a doctor couple who had gone to Thailand for a vacation last month after allegedly locking up their 13-year-old maid in their house with very little food. Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhir Kumar Sirohi sent doctor couple, Sanjay Verma and Sumita Verma, with an alleged middleman Mahadev […] Read more » Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act Child Labour Prohibition Delhi court Juvenile Justice Act Maid torture Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhir Kumar Sirohi Regulation Act
Criminal Law News Maid torture case: No shield against arrest for employers April 4, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of a doctor and his wife who flew to Thailand for a vacation last month after allegedly locking up a 13-year-old maid in their house in west Delhi and with very little food. “The anticipatory bail plea is dismissed,” said Additional District Judge I.S. Mehta. Sanjay […] Read more » Additional District Judge I.S. Mehta Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act Delhi court Indian Penal Code Juvenile Justice Act Maid torture case
Top Law News Children tortured in observation homes August 11, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Some children in need of care and protection who have been put in observation homes in Delhi, among other places, have been found to be “tortured”, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has said. In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath […] Read more » Children tortured in observation homes Juvenile Justice Act Krishna Tirath National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR observation homes Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath
Top Law News Human trafficking manual helps police in northeast February 20, 2011 / February 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment What does human trafficking mean, why is it done, what punishment can it attract and how do we rehabilitate victims? A manual on human trafficking brought out by an NGO is proving a boon for police in the northeast where trafficking is a major issue. Impulse, the NGO, has simplified the law and put it […] Read more » First Information Report (FIR) Hasina Kharbhih Human trafficking IAS (Indian Administrative Service) Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act IPS (Indian Police Service) Juvenile Justice Act manual northeast police