Juvenile Accused Can’t Be Tried As Adult

JJ Act | Juvenile Accused Can’t Be Tried As Adult In Absence Of Preliminary Assessment & Report By JJB : Supreme Court Recently, the Supreme Court held that the conviction of the accused child who was a ‘child in conflict with law’ cannot be sustained unless the preliminary assessment to ascertain the physical and mental capacity of the child to commit the crime and the need to try the chRead More…

Parental Responsibilities after Divorce

The Supreme Court has observed that the parental responsibility of the couple does not end even if there is a breakdown of marriage. In a custody battle, no matter which parent wins but the child is always the loser and it is the children who pay the heaviest price as they are shattered when the Court by its judicial process tells them to go with the parent whom he or she deems, remarked the bRead More…