Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 474 · Decided 17 July 2013
Salil Bali v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 474 · [2013] 13 S.C.R. 1020
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 10/2013
- Decided
- 17 July 2013
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, S.S. NIJJAR, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; POCSO Act; Juvenile Justice Act Section 2(k), 2(1), 15
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Protection and Care of Children) Act, C 2000 - s. 2(k) and (/) and s. 15 - Provisions under - Need to strike down - In view of the fact that criminal offences committed by persons within range of 16 to 18 years are on rise - Held: The Act as amended in 2006, and the Rules on sound principles D recognized internationally and contained in the provisions "' ~ of the Constitution - As per the reports of the Crimes Record Bureau, the number of crimes committed by juveniles comes to only about 2% of the country's crime rate - In the recent years there has been
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