P&H: Quashes Child Employment Case, Says Employment Alone Does Not Attract JJ Act Offence
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR and related proceedings against a Panipat shop owner accused of an offence under Section 79 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi held that employment of a child, by itself, does not establish the offence of exploiting a child employee under that provision.
The FIR followed a Child Welfare Committee member’s report that a 12-year-old boy had been found working at a suit-designing shop. The child’s counselling report was cited in the complaint, which alleged that the shop owner had committed an...
