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SC to examine definition of juvenile in Juvenile Justice Act

PTI
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New Delhi, Feb 4: The Supreme Court today decided to examine the constitutional validity of the provision giving the definition of juvenile in the Juvenile Justice Act which treats a person as a minor till

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The Attorney General, who was asked to assist the court, said the Justice J S Verma committee report has gone into all the issues and the Centre was going to assist the court. 



Vahanvati said that the state governments can also be asked to assist the court and there are NGOs which are also active on the issue.

The bench, however, said, “The states have no role and we are not going to hear the NGOs.”
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