Juvenile Justice Bill is nuanced, compassionate: Maneka's impassioned plea

December 22, 2015 15:08

Juvenile Justice Bill still being discussed in the Rajya Sabha. Highlights...

-- Nirbhaya's mother is not fighting for justice only for her daughter, but to ensure that such crime doesn't happen again: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress.

-- We may not be able to do anything about the Juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case, but we can deter many other boys from doing the same: Maneka Gandhi

-- Juvenile crime is fastest rising segment of crime. Juvenile Justice Bill will help to stop rise in Juvenile crime: Maneka Gandhi

Piecemeal remedy is not going to work. We need to start from the grass roots.Our Juvenile centres are pathetic: Ravi Verma, SP in Rajya Sabha.

Juvenile Justice board will decide whether a child committed the crime in a childish or adult frame of mind: Maneka Gandhi

-- A juvenile offender will not go directly to jail under the new law. This is a nuanced bill: Maneka Gandhi.

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