Patna high court arranges special sittings of Juvenile Justice Boards

As many as 1,416 cases were disposed of as the Patna high court on Tuesday arranged special sittings of Bihar’s all 38 Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs). Additional registrar (juvenile justice secretariat) Subhash Chandra Sharma said the sittings were held between 10.30am to 4.30pm and over 50 children in observation homes were released.

The Juvenile Justice Monitoring Committee of the Patna high court held the sittings in collaboration with the Bihar State Legal Services Authority. This was done to minimise the pendency of cases pending before the JJBs across the state. More than 18,000 cases are pending in JJBs, including 15,500 related to heinous crimes. The disposal of cases by the JJBs across the state was affected due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulted in an increase in the pendency.

The special drive was conducted with the approval of the chief justice of the Patna high court.