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The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 brought a significant change – a consequence of the Nirbhaya case. Juveniles aged between 16 and 18 years can now […]

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Minor Rape Survivors’ Right to Abort: Issues and Challenges

by Padmasri BhavaniOctober 6, 2021October 6, 2021 No Comments

Introduction 2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy of Act 1971 (hereinafter, MTP Act), the chief law governing […]

Shedding some light on NIPUN Bharat

by Ananye KrishnaSeptember 8, 2021September 8, 2021 No Comments

In June 2020 the central government came out with the National Education Policy 2020. One of the major highlights of this policy was the remodelling […]

Concerns of street children: A human rights issue in India

by Harsh MahasethJune 24, 2021June 30, 2021 No Comments

Authors: Ananya Shukla and Harsh Mahaseth Who are the Street Children? The word ‘street children’ has been evolving, but the broadest definition was given in […]

Juvenile Offenders [en]

Achieving Effective Diversion: The Philippine Model

by Ananye KrishnaMarch 21, 2021June 28, 2021 No Comments

Author : Ananye Krishna In my last post on diverting children in conflict with the law (CCL) from the criminal justice system, it was highlighted […]

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The Runaway Children: Life at a Railway Station

by Khushboo AgrawalMarch 3, 2021June 28, 2021 No Comments

Author: Khushboo Agrawal We all remember the young and bewildered Jamal Malik from the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, who was forced to run away from his home […]

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Overlooking Sexual Intent – An Analysis of Satish Ragde versus the State of Maharashtra

by Chethana VFebruary 11, 2021February 13, 2021 No Comments

Indian society follows a cyclical pattern where there is a need for a law to protect certain section of the population and such a law […]

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A Need to Divert Children from the Juvenile Justice System – The movie ‘Master’ tells us exactly why?

by Ananye KrishnaFebruary 5, 2021June 28, 2021 No Comments

Author: Ananye Krishna ‘Master’ is all about how a teacher at an Observation Home saves scores of children in conflict with law (“CCL”) from being […]

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The National Education Policy 2020: Plan for ‘Foundational and Online Learning’

by Ridhi ShettyOctober 13, 2020October 13, 2020 No Comments

Authors: Ridhi Shetty, Khushboo Agrawal “…. Education must move towards less content, and more towards learning about how to think critically and solve problems, how […]

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On the Brink of Malnutrition: A look on the status of child nutrition in the pandemic

by Khushboo AgrawalSeptember 28, 2020September 28, 2020 No Comments

Author: Khushboo Agrawal Loss of family. Loss of family income. Dearth of food. Lack of nutrition. Difficulty in survival. Schools closed. Parents at home, or […]