■ Juevnile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 thereby introducing with changes

pertaining to provisions that allow for children between the ages of sixteen and eighteen
especially those who have committed ‘heinous offences’, to be tried as adults.

■ Under the Act, an individual between sixteen and eighteen years of age, who is accused of a
heinous offence, is made to undergo extensive character and psychological evaluation

■ Trying a child like an adult exposes the child to a court situation where they are continuously
exposed to a rigorous scrutiny of their actions, personality, and behavior, and a formal
judgement on their guilt is pronounced.

■ To make matters worse, in certain districts, no Children’s Courts have been designated.
Consequently, children have to be tried like adults in the Court of a Sessions Judge which
introduced several changes to the existing legal framework on juveniles

■ Hence in light of the above mentioned proposition, this research work will be an effort to
critically research the existing laws and for a solution for the conflicting issues in the Juvenile
Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection
of Children) Amendment Act, 2021 and of the age and the punishments to be awarded to
the juveniles. The researcher will also try to cover the national and international applicable
enactments stating the age of the juveniles at which they are convicted and various
institutions to control juvenile ·delinquency and for betterment of the juveniles