Juvenile Justice Bill 2014 passed in Lok Sabha
- 7 years ago
A bill that will allow children above 16 to be tried as adults in serious crimes like rape and murder is a step closer to becoming law with the Lok Sabha passing it today. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2014 says that a Juvenile Justice Board will assess if a minor accused should be tried as a juvenile or an adult. Changes to the law were spurred by anger after the youngest convict in the 2012 gang-rape was tried in a juvenile court and sentenced to three years in a reform home.