The family filed the plea for impleadment in the proceedings.
Is this how you file a petition before a court of law?
The Court further noted that the State's bail cancellation plea also revealed the minor teen's identification details.
"Memorandum of appeal filed under Section 101 disclosed the full name and residential address of the Child in conflict with law.
Both the parties are directed to file without revealing the identity or address of the child," the court's order stated.
Ernakulam Additional District and Sessions Judge Kavitha Gangadharan noted that the accused teenager's details were revealed in the State's bail cancellation plea as well as a plea filed by the family of the scooterist who died.
The family filed the plea for impleadment in the proceedings.
"Until this is rectified, I cannot hear this. This is a clear violation of the Juvenile Justice Act. The full name of the Child in Conflic with Law is revealed. Is this how you file a petition before a court of law? You will have to correct the causetitle. This court is here to protect the child as well. Not just the victim," the judge said, after noting the lapse in family's impleadment plea.
The Court further noted that the State's bail cancellation plea also revealed the minor teen's identification details.
The Court proceeded to order that steps be taken to correct this lapse, so that the accused teenager's identity is kept confidential, as required under the Juvenile Justice Act.
"Memorandum of appeal filed under Section 101 disclosed the full name and residential address of the Child in conflict with law. The prosecution is therefore directed to file an appropriate petition for correction of causetitle substituting the child's name with an anonymised designation. Both the parties are directed to file without revealing the identity or address of the child," the court's order stated.
The matter will be heard again tomorrow.
