Reviewed case brief
Salil Bali v. Union of India
(2013) 7 SCC 705
Decision upholding the 18-year juvenile age threshold as rational, based on scientific evidence of adolescent brain development.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Year
- 2013
- Subjects
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-29
Rule established
Age of 18 as juvenility threshold is based on scientific understanding of adolescent brain development and UNCRC; not arbitrary under Art. 14.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
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