Child Rights

The image of a four-year-old child sitting in a sterile, intimidating police station is heartbreaking enough on its own, but the reality of what transpired in a recent case in Gurugram, Haryana, is a profound affront to the very idea of justice. In a late March hearing that sent shockwaves through the legal community and the public alike, the Supreme Court of India was forced to step in and vociferously reprimand the Haryana police and a local magistrate for an investigation so botched it...

When juveniles commit violent crimes, society often demands swift punishment—but what if the real solution lies in deeper reform? The Gulabi Bagh incident compels us to rethink juvenile justice, not just as a legal framework, but as a mirror of the socio-economic failures we must urgently address.