[1] Jurisprudence of Juvenile Justice: A Preambular Perspective.

[2] The planning Commission Government in India, “Report of the working Group on Child Rights forthe 12th Five Year Plan (2012- 2017) p. 15.

[3] Kumari Ved: The Juvenile Justice System in India From Welfare to Right, 2004, Oxford UniversityPress, New Delhi, p.11.

[4] Srivastava S.P: Juvenile Justice in India (Policy Program and Perspective), 1989, AjantaPublications (India) Delhi, p. 5.

[5] Report of the Six United Nation Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment ofOffenders, Caracas, Venezuela, August 25, September 5, 1980 at 41.

[6] Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders,Report of the Inter regional Preparatory Meeting on Youth Crime and Justice, Beijing, 14-18 May,1984, pp. 13-14.

[7] Ruth Cavan: Juvenile Delinquency (New York: Horper & Row Publishers 1981), at 26.

[8] Section 2 (e) of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986.

[9] Section 2 (l) of the Juvenile Justice (C&P) Act, 2000.

[10] Sir Cyril Burt, the Young Delinquent 4th Edn, pg. 4, (1996).

[11] Article 1 of Universal Declaration on Human Rights 1948 ( UDHR).

[12] Article 1 United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (RiyadhGuidelines), 1990.

[13] Article 2 Riyadh Guidelines.

[14] Economic and Social Council Resolution 1997/ 30

[15] Section 3 of the Children Pledging of Labour Act, 1933.

[16] Section 2 of the Children Pledging of Labour Act, 1933.

[17] Section 3 (1) (2) of the Employment of Children Act 1938.

[18] Section 1 (2) of the Apprentices Act, 1961.

[19] Asha Bajpai, Child Rights in India, New Delhi Oxford Press, 2006, p. 163.

[20] Section 82 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

[21] Section 83 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

[22] Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.

[23] Section 24 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.

[24] Section 25 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.

[25] Section 26 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000.

[26] SARKAR, Chandana: Juvenile Delinquency in India: An etiologicalAnalysis. (Daya Publishing House, Delhi, 1987)

[27] Section 4 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000.

[28] Section 4(2) of the Juvenile Justice( Care and protection of children) Act, 2000

[29] Section 8 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000.

[30] AIR 1921 (Oudh) 190

[31] (1982) 1 SCC 480

[32] (1989) 2 SCC 325

[33] (2005) 3 JCC 1313

[34] (1997) 10 SCC 549