Conceptual and historical development of juvenile justice system in India

Pages: 473-478
Vikas Chaudhry (Department of Law, C.R. Law College, Hisar, Haryana)

Children in India, because of their sheer numbers, ought to have been the subject of prime focus of development, planning, research, and welfare in India but it has not been so. Despite the constitution’s vision of a healthy and happy child-protected against abuse and exploitation, and a National Policy for Children-the majority of children in India continue to live without a childhood. The Juvenile Justice System (hereinafter referred to as JJS), as conceived by legislation, aims at providing care, protection, treatment, development, and rehabilitation of delinquent and neglected juveniles. But the care and services provided to them have been criticized as being insufficient and sub-standard. This paper is an attempt to trace the development juvenile justice system in the present scenario.