{"id":20040,"date":"2026-05-15T22:57:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=20040"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:57:29","slug":"jk-sets-ball-rolling-for-reconstitution-of-jjbs-cwcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/jk-sets-ball-rolling-for-reconstitution-of-jjbs-cwcs\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K sets ball rolling for reconstitution of JJBs, CWCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Justice (Retd.) Puneet Gupta appointed head of selection-cum-oversight panel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar, May 15: In a significant move, the Jammu &amp; Kashmir Government has initiated the process for re-constituting Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) across the Union Territory.<\/p>\n<p>As per the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), to begin with, the Department of Social Welfare has constituted a selection-cum-oversight committee to facilitate the appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The panel will be headed by Justice (Retd.) Puneet Gupta, former judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.<\/p>\n<p>The term of members of JJBs and chairpersons\/members of CWCs had recently ended. However, on April 20, 2026, the government granted them a six-month extension from the date of expiry of their term, or until the new boards and committees are constituted-whichever is earlier.<\/p>\n<p>A Juvenile Justice Board, as per law, comprises a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate (First Class) and two social workers, of whom at least one must be a woman. The JJBs deal with cases involving children in conflict with law.<\/p>\n<p>Each Child Welfare Committee consists of a chairperson and four members, with at least one woman and another expert in child-related matters.<\/p>\n<p>CWCs are meant for children in need of care and protection (CNCP), ensuring their safety, rehabilitation, and reintegration into society. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice (Retd.) Puneet Gupta appointed head of selection-cum-oversight panel Srinagar, May 15: In a significant move, the Jammu &amp; Kashmir Government has initiated the process for re-constituting Juvenile Justice Boards (JJBs) and Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) across the Union Territory. As per the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), to begin with, the Department of Social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20042,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20040\/revisions\/20042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}