The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed the state government to appoint 22 judicial magistrates required for setting up of juvenile justice boards in all districts.
A division bench, comprising justices Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, directed the government to create 22 additional posts of Judicial Magistrates (First Class) which is a requirement under the Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of 2013 and the Rules of 2014.
The bench noted that in absence of 22 juvenile justice boards to be set up under Section 4(1) of the Act, the chief judicial magistrates are exercising the powers and performing the functions of the boards.
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