# assistance to children below the age of 16 years who are confined in the jails. District

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 89/Admn.(A)
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1988-08-10
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 89/Admn.(A)
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/assistance-to-children-below-the-age-of-16-years-who-are-confined-in-the-jails-163426
- **Pages:** 2

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in which children are kept there and whether facilities for education or vocational training
exist.
 Hon'ble the Supreme Court has further directed that the State Legal Aid & Advice Board
in each State or any other legal aid organization existing in the State concerned, to send
two lawyers to each jail within the State once in a week for the purpose of providing legal
assistance to children below the age of 16 years who are confined in the jails. District
Judges as Chairmen of the Legal Aid and Advice Committee of their Districts, should in
consultation with the Administrative Chairman of the Legal Aid and Advice Board, take
necessary steps to implement the aforesaid directions.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court has also observed that if there are other persons
confined in jails who are there merely because they are suffering from some handicap
(physical or otherwise) they should be released immediately and placed in appropriate
home or place where they can receive suitable medical assistance or other educational
training. Such persons shall also be medically examined in the home or place where they
are kept in order to determine what medical assistance is necessary to be provided to
them. District Judges should issue directions and take steps accordingly.
 (i)
Implementation of Juvenile Justice Act, 1986
C.L. No. 89/Admn.(A) dated 20th December, 1989
I am directed to send herewith a copy of Government Letter No. 3250/26-2/88/26
(P) 187, dated August 10, 1988, along with its enclosure, on the above subject, and to
request that the contents of the said Government letter and the enclosure, may kindly be
brought to the notice of all the concerned subordinate courts for their information and
guidance in the matter of disposal of cases of Juvenile offenders.
 (ii)
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 (iii)
Arbitrary function of the Presiding Officer/Principal Magistrate (A.C.J.M.)
of Juvenile Court constituted under Notification No. 1402/26-2-88-32
(P)/87, dated 25th May 1988 by Harijan Evam Samaj Kalyan Vibhag.
C.L. No. 49/IV-1565/Admn.(A) dated July 21, 1991
I am directed to enclose herewith a copy of Government Letter No. UO-72/VIINyay-2, dated May 20, 1991 along with a copy of each of the notice in criminal
miscellaneous petition No. 888 of 1991 and petition filed by Executive Director, Legal
Aid and Service Clinic Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in writ
petition (Criminal) No. 1451 of 1985 in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on the
above subject, and to request you kindly to give appropriate instructions to the officers
dealing with these matters in your Judgeship.