young lady, cognizable offence , emphatically, Legislature warily, executive pr

agmatism, extremely broad , fanciful and consequently illegal, imperfect wor

ld, ill-equipped to investigate, differentia, irrelevant and artificial ones, di
scrimination, differentiation, processes of democratic Government, limitations
of judicial power in this jurisdiction, tempted, elaborate statistics, regular
trial , appellate court, notwithstanding, power of suspension, out of tune, j
udicial discretion, murder, supra, criminal justice system, enactment , soverei
gn nation, foreign jurisdictions, conformity with the constitutional requirement
s, judgments and an illustrative reference, precision and accuracy, identifiable
and distinguishable, international community, doctrine , scrupulously avoided,
vague and ambiguous, unconstitutionality, unconstitutionality is attracted, f
undamental principle, level of mental maturity reached or achieved, homogenous b
lock, unintended omission, administered in India, hierarchy of courts , purview
of the Act, constitutionality of the Act, constitutional validity, conventions
delineated, Statement of Objects and Reasons, manifestly, adult criminal system,
guilt, non-adversarial, inquiry, Grant of Bail, apprehended, punishment , j
uvenile offenders , charge-sheet, committed an offence, disqualification attache
s, parent or guardian, terminate the trial, rehabilitation of the juvenile,, ad
versarial, child-friendly atmosphere, Medical Board examination, birth certifi
cate, matriculation certificate, Determination, Culpability, Trial and Adjudic
ation , physical or psychological danger, bailable or non-bailable offence, rele
ased on bail, Welfare Officer s duty, Probation Officer, Juvenile Welfare Officer,
real prospect, police station, apprehension, immediate production, contemplat
es , Final Report, Investigation and Inquiry, record the information, conflict
with the law, system , oral or written, receipt of information , Pre trial, Crim
inal Justice System, Processes Filing, arguments, narration , Civil and Crimi
nal Procedure Code, possess a special legislation , Juvenile Prosecutors, Trial
of children, conflict with the law , unruly or depraved, transportation to a you
thful offender, preadolescents, municipal tribunals, compliance, sentenced to de
ath, Judicial Waiver, State of Texas, Blended Sentencing, gravity of the offence
, State legislation, Statutory exclusion, repeat offenders, adult criminal cour
t, prosecutor, Prosecutorial Discretion, double jeopardy, Fifth Amendment protec
tion, rape,age of juvenility, robbery, murder, commit serious crimes , traditi
onal age, juvenile delinquency, convicted of murder, realistic possibility, Sent
encing Guidelines , habitual offender, Extended, Detention and Training Orders,
Magistrate s court, normative phenomenon, Magistrate s court, co-defendants, Crown
Court, rape or homicide, committed serious offences, irrefutably, findings of
guilt, mental illness or disorder, Authorizing disclosure of information about
a young person,Making an order for conditional supervision, Considering an appl
ication relating to continuation of custody, Making or reviewing a youth sentenc
e, Deciding on an application for hearing the offender on adult sentence, Consi
dering an application for release from or detention in custody, Youth Justice Co
urt, aggravated sexual assault, sentencing option is the Intensive Rehabilitative
Custody and Supervision Order , violent and serious crimes, Custody sentences, n
on- violent young persons, fosters responsibility, obligations, Preamble express
ly, the Youth Criminal Justice Act, over-classification, opposite view advanced,
uniformity of mental growth, intellectual maturity, structural and conventiona
l changes, Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development inform Public Poli
cy, scientific and medical literature, JJ Act,rules and regulations of juvenile
justice, juvenile justice, non- discriminatory, judiciary, infringed the penal
law to be treated in accordance with the provisions of article 40 of CRC, punish
able under the criminal law, commission of an offence, general comments, conclud
ing observations, State parties, UN Convention, juvenile offenders, fully enfo
rced, speedy trial , The Committee recommends, Convention, Juvenile Justice Act,
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justic
e, lawyers and law enforcement officers, exceptional cases,overcrowded and unsan
itary conditions, relevant international standards, concluding observations, St
ate , JJ Board, Convention, leniency, Beijing Rules, committed a violent, serio
us offence, imposed, gravity of the offence, adjudicating matters, General Asse
mbly of the United Nations , UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of
Juvenile Justice, signatory, amendment, international conventions, constitute
d by the Government of India , previous decree, incuriam, judicial discipline, s
elf-imposed rule, Court, public mischief, judicial restraint , legislature fund
amentally altering the jurisprudential norms, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, J
ustice J.S. Verma Committee, larger Bench, conveniently , respondents, present a
djudication, initial hurdles , Constitutional permissibility, beneficial nature
of the legislation, Statistics of the crimes , legislative wisdom inherent in th
e Act, intervener Centre for Child and the Law, National Law School of India Uni
versity, Juveniles Aid Centre , reference exists, discernible, Supreme Court, p
ronouncements , international commitments, General Resolution , UN Convention,
Resolution of the Committee on Child Rights, different scheme, guilty, country s
international commitments, Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility, intellectual
and emotional maturity, Coordinate Bench, constitutional validity of the Act , s
ignatory, international conventions , supported the case , intervenor, differen
t legal perspective, constitutional flexibility, comprehensively met ,constituti
onal value , proof of guilt, non- adversarial inquiry, contemplates, Reliance,
judicial function, concurrent jurisdiction, State, Central enactments, special
juvenile courts to waive jurisdiction, granting discretion, judicial waiver, st
atutory exclusion, foreign jurisdictions, petitioners in F.I.R, particular fra
mework , the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of th
eir Liberty, the Convention of the Rights of the Child, United Nations Standard
Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, maintain its constitut
ionality, non-obstante, constitutional scheme, impermissible, seriousness and
depravity, irrespective of the gravity, detention, prosecution and punishment of
juveniles in conflict with law, mental maturity, judged , criminally liable, u
nconstitutionality, juvenility, jurisdiction of the Court , Additional Solicit
or General, appellant appearing, contesting parties, offences, the Indian Penal
Code, Direction striking down as unconstitutional and void the Juvenile Justice
(Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000, elaborately, Board or the juvenile
, interpretation of the relevant provisions of the JJ Act, implications ,the Co
de of Criminal Procedure, duty of prosecution, Union of India, Special Leave Pet
ition, Court challenging, seeking participation, impleadment, interpretation of
the provisions , Juvenile Justice Board, fundamental rights , International conc
ept of age of criminal responsibility and diluting the blanket immunity, Incorpo
rating in the Act, minimum punishment, serious offences, alternative punishment,
authoritative interpretation, the High Court, brutally assaulted, interpretati
on, determination of the question, prosecute, proper interpretation, public pro
secutor, the act , petitioners , Indian Penal Code, the Penal Code, Section,
succumbed, Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, , sexually and physically