The CJI said sexual abuse of children remains a hidden problem as there is a culture of silence and therefore, the state must encourage families to report abuse even where the perpetrator is a family member.

New Delhi Apr 18 PTI The Delhi High Court on Monday directed that an alleged minor who was detained by the city police in connection with the violence during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri last week be produced before the concerned Juvenile Justice Board A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul who was dealing with a habeas corpus petition filed by the sister-in-law of the alleged juvenile stated that it shall be open to parties to raise all the legal and factual issues before the court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the law The petitioner represented by lawyer Tara Narula alleged that since April 16 her 16-year-old brother-in-law was in unlawful detention and one-day police custody without proper disclosure of his age which was in complete contravention of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 The lawyer claimed that the boy was visibly injured and should be immediately produced before the high court The bench also comprising Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar said that he has to be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board JJB which will undertake his age verification We understand that you say that he is a juvenile but these are all serious matters This is not as if they have picked him up for loitering or jaywalking They have picked him up for being part of a mob so let us not go there Lets follow the mandate of the Juvenile Justice Act and direct his presence before the JJB said the court as it limited the scope of the petition which also sought the release of the alleged minor to his production before the JJB To support her claim of juvenility the petitioner relied upon the birth certificate issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi In view of the birth certificate the SHO concerned told the court that the petitioners brother-in-law shall be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board in accordance with the law The court disposed of the petition saying that no further directions are called for in the matter SHO Police Station Jahangir Puri New Delhi states that in view of the said annexure collectively to the present habeas corpus petition which includes the said birth certificate of the Master MA the latter shall be produced before the Juvenile Justice Board-I located at Kingsway Camp GTB Nagar North West Delhi in accordance with the law before 430 pm today Directed accordingly ordered the bench also comprising Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar Needless to state that it shall be open to the petitioner or her statedly juvenile brother-in-law to raise all the legal and factual issues urged in these proceedings before the Court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the law it added In the petition the petitioner alleged that her brother-in-law was picked up from his residence on the night of April 16 and subjected to police violence She informed that her brother-in-law was picked up by the police on the alleged suspicion of stone-pelting and rioting during the clash that took place in Jahangirpuri area of Delhi on April 16 2022 The petition further submitted that on April 17 the petitioners brother-in-law was illegally remanded to one day of police custody by the magisterial court upon his production by the Delhi Police In her petition the petitioner prayed for the production of her brother-in-law before the concerned Juvenile Justice Board PTI ADS RKS RKS

Mumbai Feb 19 PTI The Shiv Sena has urged the Centre to withdraw the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act 2021 which will ensure that no FIRs are registered in serious offences against children except with special permission from a judicial magistrate Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani urging her to rectify the amendment and restore cognisable status of such offences The amendment will have a devastating impact on children as it shields perpetrators who employ and exploit children for begging labour and smuggling drugs Chaturvedi said The Sena leader lamented that these grave offences will not attract registration of FIRs and automatic investigation because of the amendment On one hand the Centre talks of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao and on the other hand it brings forward an amendment that ensures that no FIRs are registered for serious offences against children except with special permission from a judicial magistrate she said The Central government had made changes in the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 through an amendment in 2021 which makes serious offences against children non-cognisable Serious offences can attract three to seven years of imprisonment PTI MR ARU ARU

Vellore, February 1: In another instance of rising crime against minors, a 34-year-old TV mechanic was arrested on Monday on charges of sexually assaulting his six-year-old girl near Katpadi in Vellore district. Tamil Nadu Shocker: Man Sexually Assaults Six-Year-Old Daughter in Vellore District; Arrested Police said the mechanic’s wife died a year ago following jaundice […]