'Child in conflict with law' describes a circumstance, not identity: CJI
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said names of 'children in conflict with the law' must be kept out of the news and off the internet, and the phrase describes a circumstance, not an identity.
He was speaking after inaugurating the National Annual Stakeholders' Consultation on "Ten Years of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015: Progress, Challenges and Priorities for the Next Decade" organised by the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Supreme Court in association with UNICEF.
The CJI said 10 years is a short time for a statute, but it is more than half of a childhood.
The 2015 Act, he said, makes a wager that a child given a second chance is far more likely to become a productive member of society than one branded as a criminal.
"The journey truly ends only when the past no longer casts a shadow over the future.
For that, we must destroy old records on time, and keep the names of 'children in conflict with law' out of the news and off the ...
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