http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cabinet-readies-to-treat-16-plus-in-heinous-crimes-as-adults/articleshow/26707294.cms
In this situation, the Indian government is charging people who are sixteen year old and up and commit a heinous crime as adults rather than as kids. This will deny 16+ teens protection that was previously allowed under the Juvenile Justice Act. Recently, the courts of India decided to not lower the age of juvenility from the eighteen year old age that it is now. The Indian public was clamoring for this law to be changed after a seventeen year old involved on a gang rape. This would violate the human right of sixteen year olds who would be tried as adults in courts of law. This could mean the end of life for people who still have time to learn about what they did wrong and maybe change. Also, another barrier towards this law passing would be the UN child rights law. The Indian government is currently working on a way to solve this problem peacefully and to ensure that juveniles are treated differently.
In this situation, the Indian government is charging people who are sixteen year old and up and commit a heinous crime as adults rather than as kids. This will deny 16+ teens protection that was previously allowed under the Juvenile Justice Act. Recently, the courts of India decided to not lower the age of juvenility from the eighteen year old age that it is now. The Indian public was clamoring for this law to be changed after a seventeen year old involved on a gang rape. This would violate the human right of sixteen year olds who would be tried as adults in courts of law. This could mean the end of life for people who still have time to learn about what they did wrong and maybe change. Also, another barrier towards this law passing would be the UN child rights law. The Indian government is currently working on a way to solve this problem peacefully and to ensure that juveniles are treated differently.
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