Programme name: One Day Symposium on Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
Organized by: Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) & Delhi Judicial Academy (DJA)
Venue: Seminar Hall, Saket Courts
Duration: 01 day

Session-I (10.00 am – 11.30 am)

Jurisprudence of Child Rights: Paradigm Shift from Welfare to Rights

  • International Conventions
  • Domestic Law –
    • Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015: A Critical Appraisal
    • Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012: Some basic issues
  • Enforcement of Child Rights: Obligation of the State & the Role of Civil Society
  • Challenges and way forward

Speakers:

  • Hon’ble Mr. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, Judge, High Court of Delhi & Executive Chairman, Delhi State Legal Services Authority
  • Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Judge, High Court of Delhi
  • Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta, Judge, High Court of Delhi
  • B. T. Kaul, Chairperson, DJA

Session-II (11.45 am – 01.15 pm)

Understanding the Childhood – dreams, delinquency & destitution:

  • Understanding the Role of:
    • Psychologist
    • Psycho-Scocio Expert
    • Mental Health Expert
    • Prosecutor in the context of inquiry under Sections 15 & 19 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
  • Challenges and way forward

Speakers:

  • Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate
  • Shekhar Sheshadri, HOD, Dept. of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS

Session-III (02.00 pm – 03.30 pm)

Functioning of CWC – Legal & Procedural Issues

  • Production & Inquiry
  • Age determination
  • Restoration & Transfer
  • Individual Care Plan
  • Treatment of Child Victim of sexual assault
  • Challenges and way forward

Speakers:

  • Bharti Ali, Co-Founder, Haq Centre for Child Rights
  • Anant Asthana, Advocate

 Session-IV (03.45 pm – 05.15 pm)

Role of various Stake Holders:

  • Investigating agency
  • Effective Legal Representation of the state, victim and the accused
  • Delhi Judicial Academy – Responsibility as a Forerunner in:
    • Sensitization of all the Stakeholders including Judges
    • Capacity Building
    • Filling the gaps
  • Delhi State Legal Services Authority –As a catalyst and coordinator of effective legal aid services
  • Challenges and way forward

Speakers:

⦁ Sh. Dharmesh Sharma, Member Secretary, DSLSA
⦁ Sh. Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Director (Academics), DJA
⦁ Sh. Bhuwan Ribhu, Child Rights Activist, Bachpan Bachao Andolan

Vote of Thanks by Sh. Sanjeev Jain, Special Secretary, DSLSA