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Child rights panel stops Grant Road school from rusticating girl

Thursday, 17 April 2014 – 9:00am IST | Agency: dna In a huge relief for a standard VII student from Girton High School, Grant Road, the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed the school not to discontinue the education of the girl. The school had barred the teenager ..... Read More

Tough to bring sex in child marriage on a par with age of consent

Minimum age at which one can marry and make it valid on turning 18: As low as one likes. Written by Utkarsh Anand | New Delhi | Published:April 17, 2014 1:23 am In India, a person can be booked for rape if he indulges in a sexual relation with a woman less ..... Read More

Girl prevents child marriage, gets beau arrested

TNN | Apr 17, 2014, 03.49 AM IST RAIPUR: A girl from Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday prevented a child marriage with help of police at Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur district when her beau planned to marry a minor after ditching her. Mamta Kushwah and Rameshwar from Ambikapur fell in love and ..... Read More

Come out with solution to check rioting in juvenile homes, police told

Submitted by IANS on 16 April 2014 – 11:06am New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the city police to come out with a long-term solution to control the rioting incidents in juvenile homes in the capital in consultation with the department of women and child development ..... Read More

HC Wants Special Security Units in Juvenile Homes

NEW DELHI | APR 15, 2014 The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to set up a special unit to tackle emergent as well as other safety and security situations arising in observation homes housing juveniles in conflict with law. A bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat ..... Read More