https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309470 The Juvenile Justice Act's definition of "heinous offences" under Section 2(33) is confined to offences carrying a minimum punishment of seven years or more. Offences with no minimum sentence, or with a minimum below seven years even if the maximum exceeds seven years, do not fall within that category. The Court declined to read out the word "minimum" or expand the definition by judicial rewriting, holding that any statutory gap must be addressed by the Legislature. Until legislative intervention, such offences are to be treated as serious offences under the Act. en-us Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 21:32:40 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309470 The Juvenile Justice Act's definition of "heinous offences" under Section 2(33) is confined to offences carrying a minimum punishment of seven years or more. Offences with no minimum sentence, or with a minimum below seven years even if the maximum exceeds seven years, do not fall within that category. The Court declined to read out the word "minimum" or expand the definition by judicial rewriting, holding that any statutory gap must be addressed by the Legislature. Until legislative intervention, such offences are to be treated as serious offences under the Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309470