Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi has sent the amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad according to sources. Sources say that the Law Minister has assured her of immediate clearance.
Maneka Gandhi had earlier this month pushed for change in the JJ Act. Gandhi had recently opined that juveniles who commit heinous crimes like rape should be treated at par with adults. She said that according to the police, 50 per cent of all sexual crimes were committed by "16-year-olds who know the Juvenile Justice Act so they can do it." She had said that she would bring changes in the law and the process would be personally monitored by her.
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