Supreme Court of India

Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of M.P.

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Reported as [2012] 10 S.C.R. 540

Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and Madan B. Lokur JJ.

Decided 13 September 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that admission register in the school in which the candidate first attended is a relevant piece of evidence of the date of birth.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - s. 7A rlw. r. 12 of Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 - Inquiry under - Nature, scope and ambit of - Claim of juvenility - Procedure to be followed - For determination of age - Held: Age determination inquiry is contemplated u/s. 7A rlw r. 12 - Therefore, such inquiry is an inquiry under the Act and to be conducted following the procedure u/r. 12 and not following the procedure under Cr.P. . - Age to be determined initially on the basis of the documents/certificates as indicated in r. 12(3)(a)(i)(ii) and (iii) - The question of

Authorities it was built on

2005 Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand and Anr. cited by 20
2009 Hari Ram v. State of Rajasthan & Anr. cited by 17
2000 Arnit Das v. State of Bihar cited by 15
2010 Dharambir v. State (nct of Delhi) and Anr. cited by 9
2011 Shah Nawaj v. State of U.P. & Anr. cited by 6
2011 Daya Nand v. State of Haryana cited by 5
2010 Jabar Singh v. Dinesh & Anr. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2023 Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary v. The State of Maharashtra relied on
2022 Vinod Katara v. State of Uttar Pradesh relied on
2022 Xyz v. Abhisheik & Anr relied on
2021 Rishipal Singh Solanki v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. relied on
2013 Ranjeet Goswami v. State of Jharkhand & Anr. relied on
2013 Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P. relied on
2013 Kamlendra Singh @ Pappu Singh v. State of M.P. relied on
2023 Pawan Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2022 The State of Jammu & Kashmir (now U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir) & Ors. v. Shubam Sangra referred to
2020 Pawan Kumar Gupta v. State of Nct of Delhi referred to
2019 Sanjeev Kumar Gupta v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. referred to

Of those, 7 relied on · 4 referred to

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