Trial Court’s Rejection of School Certificate as Age Proof in Juvenility Test Set Aside: Gauhati High Court

In a recent ruling, the Gauhati High Court set aside an order passed by a Sessions Judge, which had rejected the school certificate as proof of the accused's age for determining juvenility. The single-judge bench of Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia observed that the Sessions Judge had wrongly disregarded the school certificate and failed to consider the provisions under Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015,…