ndia is currently debating a new law that would, in cases of heinous crimes like rape and murder, reduce the juvenile delinquency age from 18 to 16 years. In such cases, the Juvenile Justice Boards—comprising a metropolitan magistrate or a judicial magistrate and two social workers—will have the discretion to decide whether the offender should be tried by courts of law like adults, or whether the offender should be tried as a juvenile.A renewed demand for this change comes after the release of a young man who was 17-and-a-half when he took part in the gang-rape of Jyoti Singh—better known as Nirbhaya in Indian media—in December 2012. The case shook up Delhi and sparked outrage across the world, calling for an end to violence against women in India.
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