PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 2 -- The Allahabad high court has held that the objective of Juvenile Justice Act is not merely to punish child offenders, but to ensure their rehabilitation, development, and reintegration into society.

The court observed that the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 had evolved from a harsh punitive system to embrace the concept of rehabilitative justice, and that the Juvenile Justice Board and Children's Courts must fulfil the responsibility of rehabilitation and reintegration alongside their judicial duties.

A bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot delivered this judgment on August 31 while hearing appeals from two juvenile offenders from Kasganj and Jalaun.

The court said that the aim of the law was not to isolate children from socie...