Nalanda Juvenile Justice Board disposes of 180 cases in a day

BIHARSHARIF: The Nalanda Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) has created a record of sorts by disposing of 180 cases filed against minors in a single day.
Nalanda JJB’s principal judge, Justice Manvendra Mishra, told this newspaper on Monday that his court had disposed of 180 cases on August 14. “The exercise was carried out on the instructions of the Juvenile Justice Monitoring Committee of the Patna high court (HC),” he added.
Subhash Chander Sharma, the additional registrar of the Juvenile Justice Secretariat of the Patna HC, stated that all the 38 district JJBs had disposed of altogether 1,416 cases in a single sitting on August 14.
He added, “As part of this unique drive, which was carried out successfully after the approval of the Chief Justice of the HC, the Nalanda and Patna JJBs disposed of 180 and 120 cases respectively. While the Bhagalpur JJB stood third with 109 cases, the Araria and Kishanganj JJBs disposed of only 7 cases each.”