Supreme Court of India

Vinod Katara v. State of Uttar Pradesh

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Reported as [2022] 9 S.C.R. 836

Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and J. B. Pardiwala JJ.

Decided 12 September 2022

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What the Court ordered

We hold that ossification test cannot be regar ded as conclusive when it comes to ascertaining the age of a per son.

Judgment, page 45

From the headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: ss. 3, 7A, 16, 20 – Applicability of the 2000 Act – Plea of juvenility at belated stage – Determination of juvenility – On facts, writ applicant while undergoing sentence of life imprisonment for offence punishable u/s. 302/34 subjected to medical examina tion by the State in pursuant of the judgment by the High Court wherein the High Court directed the Juvenile Justice Boards to hold an enquiry for determination of the age of prisoners languishing i n jails who claimed to have been juveniles in conflict with the l aw – Medical

Authorities it was built on

1992 Madan Gopal Kakkad v. Naval Dubey and Anr. cited by 23
2012 Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal cited by 21
2005 Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand and Anr. cited by 20
2020 Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v. Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal and Ors. cited by 16
2000 Arnit Das v. State of Bihar cited by 15
2012 Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of M.P. cited by 11
2010 Dharambir v. State (nct of Delhi) and Anr. cited by 9
2016 Mukarrab Etc. v. State of U.P. cited by 7
2011 Shah Nawaj v. State of U.P. & Anr. cited by 6
2005 Bijender Singh v. State of Haryana and Anr. cited by 5
2005 Vishnu@ Undrya v. State of Maharashtra cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2024 Rahul Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar relied on

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