College Name : HVPS College of Law

Name : Shruti Mishra

Class & Sem : TYLLB, Sem VI
Roll No : A 25

SUB: WOMEN AND CHILDREN Q1

Index

Introduction Pg3

Meaning of the word Juvenile Pg4

Protection given to Children under Juvenile Justice Pg5

 Introduction

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000(hereinafter the
Act of 2000 or the JJ Act, 2000 or the 2000 Act) was enacted to consolidate and
amend the law relating to juvenile in conflict with law and children in need of care
and protection, by providing for proper care, protection and treatment by catering to
their development needs, and by adopting a child-friendly approach in the
adjudication and disposition of matters in the best interest of children and for their
ultimate rehabilitation through various institutions established under this law. The
law saw its course and proved to be quite effective with a number of convicts been
held for commission of offences under the Act of 2000, which earlier went
unnoticed due to absence of a specific law in this regard.
Meaning of the word Juvenile

Juvenile originates from the Latin term juvneis which means ‘young’. The
United Convention on the Rights of Child defines a child as “every human
being below the age of 18 years unless, under the law applicable to the child,
the majority is attained earlier.” Similarly in the Indian context, a person
below 18 years of age is known as a juvenile.
 Protection given to Children under Juvenile Justice

Board is authorized to allow the juvenile to go home after advice and admonition Section 15(1)(a),

Direct the juvenile to participate in group counselling Section 15(b),

To perform community service[Section 15(c)],

Order the parent or the juvenile himself if he is over 14 years of age and earns money, to pay
fine[Section 15(d)],

Direct the juvenile to be released on probation of good conduct and placed under care[Section 15(e)],

Make an order, directing juvenile to be sent to a special home[Section 15(g)],

And having regard to the nature of the offence and circumstances of the case, to reduce the period of
stay in a special home[Section 15(1)
 This Act provides for the care, protection, treatment, development, and rehabilitation of the children as well as to provide for their basic needs and
protection of human rights Section 31(1).

 The Act also authorizes to establish observational homes for the temporary reception, care, protection, training, development, and rehabilitation of the
juvenile in conflict with the law during the pendency of the inquiry and shelter homes for the children who need urgent support [Section 8, 9, 34 and 37

 Section 23 of the Act, provides for the punishment for cruelty to juvenile or child by a person having actual charge or control over that juvenile.

Section 26 provides punishment for procuring a juvenile or a child for the purpose of hazardous employment, keeps him in bondage and withholds his
earnings or uses such earnings for his own purpose. All these offences are cognizable in nature.

 The Act also provides for juvenile or the child welfare officer in every police station with an aptitude and appropriate training to deal with the juvenile in
coordination with police and creation of a Special Juvenile Police Unit to upgrade the treatment of police with juvenile or children.