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CJI: ‘Child in conflict with law’ describes circumstance, not identity
The CJI said 10 years is a short time for a statute, but it is more than half of a childhood
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The CJI said 10 years is a short time for a statute, but it is more than half of a childhood

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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 asso…