Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 221 · Decided 28 March 2014
DR. Subramanian Swamy & ORS. v. Raju THR. Member Juvenile Justice Board & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 221 · [2014] 9 S.C.R. 283
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 695/2014
- Decided
- 28 March 2014
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI, SHIVA KIRTI SINGH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
A B Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 (as amended) - C Constitutionality of - Enactment of the Act - Purpose - lnclusioh of all persons under the age .o(18 into a .class called 'juveniles' - Validity - Held: The Act was enacted to give full and complete effect to obligations arising from India being a sigRatory to three separate D conventions, namely, the Beijing Rules, the UN Convention and the Havana Rules - Also, the Act is a beneficial piece of legislation - If the Act is plainly read and understood, the resultant effect thereof is wholly
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