Delhi gangrape: SC allows juvenile board to give verdict
New Delhi, Aug 22: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Juvenile Justice Board to go ahead with the pronouncement of its verdict on the alleged involvement of a juvenile accused in the December 16 Delhi gangrape case.
The
apex
court
bench
headed
by
Chief
Justice
P.
Sathasivam,
however,
said
that
it
would
examine
the
larger
issue
of
immunity
granted
to
a
juvenile
accused
involved
in
heinous
offences
from
being
tried
under
the
normal
criminal
laws.
The court said that the government plea objecting to the locus of the BJP leader Subramanian Swamy will not stand in the way of its considering the larger issue.
PTI
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