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Lok Sabha passes Juvenile Justice amendment bill

| | May 08, 2015, at 04:18 am
New Delhi, May 7 (IBNS): The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the bill amending the Juvenile Justice Act, which will now allow teenagers in the 16-18 age group to be tried as adults if they commit any heinous crime.
The amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2014 was passed keeping in mind the increasing number of serious offences those are being committed by teenagers in the 16-18 years' age group.
 
Following its passage in the Lower House, the Bill will now be taken up in the Rajya Sabha.
 
 The amended Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014, will replace the existing Juvenile Justice Act, 2000.
 
The ministry of women and child development had introduced the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2014 in the Lok Sabha in August 2014.
 
The bill had been then referred to the standing committee which had recommended keeping the juvenile age at 18 years.
#Lok Sabha passes Juvenile Justice amendment bill

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