Supreme Court of India
Vinod Katara v. State of Uttar Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
We hold that ossification test cannot be regarded as conclusive when it comes to ascertaining the age of a person.
Judgment, page 45
From the headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: ss. 3, 7A, 16, 20 – Applicability of the 2000 Act – Plea of juvenility at belated stage – Determination of juvenility – On facts, writ applicant while undergoing sentence of life imprisonment for offence punishable u/s. 302/34 subjected to medical examination by the State in pursuant of the judgment by the High Court wherein the High Court directed the Juvenile Justice Boards to hold an enquiry for determination of the age of prisoners languishing in jails who claimed to have been juveniles in conflict with the law – Medical Board…
Authorities it was built on
- 2012 Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal
- 1992 Madan Gopal Kakkad v. Naval Dubey and Anr.
- 2005 Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand and Anr.
- 2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors.
- 2000 Arnit Das v. State of Bihar
- 2012 Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of M.P.
- 2010 Dharambir v. State (nct of Delhi) and Anr.
- 2016 Mukarrab Etc. v. State of U.P.
- 2011 Shah Nawaj v. State of U.P. & Anr.
- 2005 Vishnu@ Undrya v. State of Maharashtra
- 2005 Bijender Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Rahul Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
- 2023 Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary v. The State of Maharashtra
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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