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SC asks activist to move J&K HC with plea on delinquent minors New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked an activist to move the Jammu and Kashmir High Court with her plea that the state lacked observation homes and Juvenile Justice Board to lodge and try delinquent minors respectively. A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice A K Sikri said though the issues raised in the PIL were very serious, but the high court would be better equipped to deal with them. The high court can handle it as they know the ground reality better than us, the bench said and asked senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for social activist Tanvi Ahuja, to move to that court with the fresh plea. The petition relates to the violation of the fundamental rights of juveniles in the state who have been arrested under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, the Ranbir Penal Code and other statutes. It had sought courts direction to the state to release forthwith the juveniles from the prisons and lockups and house them only in observation homes as provided under the state law on juvenile. zeenews.india/news/jammu-and-kashmir/sc-asks-activist-to-move-jk-hc-with-plea-on-delinquent-minors_1532155.html
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:30:48 +0000

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