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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015: Shatrughan Sinha congratulates MPs

| | Dec 23, 2015, at 10:07 pm
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS) Senior BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday appreciated party MPs over the passage of the the landmark Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015 by the Rajya Sabha.

"Welcome Juvenile Justice Act passed in Parliament. Better late than never.Congratulate fellow MPs. But what about the one that walked away!" Sinha tweeted.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesdya passed the landmark Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill 2015, which seeks to amend the law to allow trying those over 16 years of age and accused of heinous crimes like the gang-rape of Nirbhaya, as adults.

With this, the Bill stands passed in the Parliament.

The Bill was earlier passed by the Lower House of the Parliament, Lok Sabha, on May 7 this year.

 

Image: Wikimedia Commons
 

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