Juvenile Justice Act 2015 | No Insistence On DOB Certificate From First School Attended To Determine Juvenility Of Accused: Bombay High Court

An accused claiming to be a juvenile need not produce a Date of Birth (DOB) certificate from his 'first' school to determine his age and a certificate from any school he attended can be submitted under the new Juvenile Justice Act 2015, (JJ Act) the Bombay High Court held.Justice SM Modak set aside the trial court's order that adjudicated the accused's plea based on the old JJ Act and Rules....