Published on : 10 Oct 2025, 4:02 am 4 min read

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 can be applied to an offence that took place when the Children’s Act, 1960 governed the field [ Hansraj vs State of UP ].

A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih said there was no provision in the 1960 Act that restricted the Court from granting relief under later enactments.

“No provision in the 1960 Act has been brought to our notice that creates a legal impediment and, thus, limits our authority to grant relief to the petitioner,” the Court said.

Hence, it ordered the release of a person convicted for a murder committed in 1981, considering that he was only 12 years old at the time of the inciden

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