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VOL. 4, ISSUE 3 (2018)
Juvenile justice system in India: An overview
Authors
Satyender Verma, Laxman Singh Rawat
Abstract
Children are recognized worldwide as supremely assets of the Nation. The future of the nation lies in the hands of the Children, who have been recognized as the supremely assets of the nation but because of the indifferences of our society in all spheres, these future stake holders are not brought up properly which leads to child delinquency. Child or juvenile delinquency is an alarmingly increasing problem causing a source of concern in all over the world. Children ought to have been the subject of prime focus of development planning, research, and welfare in India but unfortunately, it has not been so. Despite the Constitutional vision of a healthy and happy child protected against abuse and exploitation, and a National Policy for Children, the majority of children in India continue to live without a cared, protected and meaningful childhood. Almost all the countries have developed juvenile justice system to deal with their young offenders. In India scene for the children has changed a lot and their problems and related issues have been given attention and are being discussed at various forums. The question of providing proper protection and care to the children of such a big number is a big challenge. A good number of our children on account of socio-economic reasons have adding themselves in the list of delinquent child.
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Pages:23-29
How to cite this article:
Satyender Verma, Laxman Singh Rawat "Juvenile justice system in India: An overview". International Journal of Law, Vol 4, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 23-29
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