https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189434 A special local children's law continues to govern children below sixteen accused of murder punishable with death or life imprisonment unless there is a clear contrary intention in later Central legislation and an irreconcilable repugnancy. The Haryana Children Act, 1974 provided a special scheme with children's courts, special inquiry and trial procedures, and a bar on sentencing a delinquent child to death or life imprisonment. Section 27 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was treated as a general procedural provision that could operate alongside the State Act. The child was therefore entitled to be dealt with under the Haryana Children Act, and the ordinary criminal trial and sentence could not stand. en-us Tue, 08 Sep 1981 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Jan 2017 17:25:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189434 A special local children's law continues to govern children below sixteen accused of murder punishable with death or life imprisonment unless there is a clear contrary intention in later Central legislation and an irreconcilable repugnancy. The Haryana Children Act, 1974 provided a special scheme with children's courts, special inquiry and trial procedures, and a bar on sentencing a delinquent child to death or life imprisonment. Section 27 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 was treated as a general procedural provision that could operate alongside the State Act. The child was therefore entitled to be dealt with under the Haryana Children Act, and the ordinary criminal trial and sentence could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 08 Sep 1981 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=189434