
Betrayal of juvenile justice | Juvenile law
In the words of late legend Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, ‘reorganization of the worth of infants born and unborn, is the beginning of Juvenile Justice.’ Children are one of the most important chattels to each nation. The definition of the term ‘child’ is in absentia in the Indian Constitution. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child 1989, the Indian Majority Act 1875, the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1926, and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act 2000, defines the term 'child' and guarantees holistic development on child welfare, striving to protect right to; birth, education, early childhood, enjoyment, development, health, leisure, name, nationality, nutrition, recreation etc., on priority, yet in the present ti