Child Juvenile Question Samples
Q. 1) Describe the main features of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000. 2) Discuss the causes of Juvenile Delinquency. 3) Who is a child in need of care and protection? 4) State the procedure followed by Juvenile Justice Court. 5) State the orders that can be passed for delinquent children under this act. 6) What protections are given by the legislature and the judiciary to juvenile delinquents?
1) Describe the main features of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000
This Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. it extends to the Whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir
"juvenile" or "child" means a one who has not completed eighteenth year of age ;
"juvenile in conflict with law" means a juvenile who is alleged to have committed an offence;
"local authority" means Panchayats at the village and Zila Parishad at the district level and shall also include a Municipal Committee or Corporation or a Cantonment Board or such other body legally entitled to function as local authority by the Government;
It is the primary legal framework for juvenile justice in India. This Act has been further amended in year 2006 and 2010.
It outlines two target groups: Children in need of care and protection and Juveniles in conflict with law. This act protects not only the rights of children, but a person's rights when he/she was a child. Meaning that if a crime or an incident took place while the person was a child, and then during the proceeding the juvenile ceased to be of age the case would continue as if the juvenile has not turned eighteen yet.
2) Causes of Juvenile Delinquency (
3) Who is “Child in need of care and protection”
As per Section 2(d), "child in need of care and protection" means a child -
1. No home, no support: who is found without any home or settled place or abode and without any way of support, 2. Lives with Bad person, threatens to kill:
1) Describe the main features of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2000
This Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. it extends to the Whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir
"juvenile" or "child" means a one who has not completed eighteenth year of age ;
"juvenile in conflict with law" means a juvenile who is alleged to have committed an offence;
"local authority" means Panchayats at the village and Zila Parishad at the district level and shall also include a Municipal Committee or Corporation or a Cantonment Board or such other body legally entitled to function as local authority by the Government;
It is the primary legal framework for juvenile justice in India. This Act has been further amended in year 2006 and 2010.
It outlines two target groups: Children in need of care and protection and Juveniles in conflict with law. This act protects not only the rights of children, but a person's rights when he/she was a child. Meaning that if a crime or an incident took place while the person was a child, and then during the proceeding the juvenile ceased to be of age the case would continue as if the juvenile has not turned eighteen yet.
2) Causes of Juvenile Delinquency (
3) Who is “Child in need of care and protection”
As per Section 2(d), "child in need of care and protection" means a child -
1. No home, no support: who is found without any home or settled place or abode and without any way of support, 2. Lives with Bad person, threatens to kill: