Overview

• At the Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee’s two‑day consultation in New Delhi with UNICEF India, top judges framed safeguarding girls as an urgent digital‑governance issue and policy priority.
• The Chief Justice warned of evolving online harms, citing harassment, cyberbullying, digital stalking, data misuse and deepfake imagery, and sought laws on online sexual exploitation, digital trafficking and cyber harassment.
• He called for specialised statutes to be matched with capacity building for police, educators, health workers and local administrators, along with sustained public awareness campaigns.
• Justice B.V. Nagarathna urged expansion of trauma‑informed, child‑sensitive procedures in courts and police, highlighting NFHS‑5 findings of only marginal improvement in the child sex ratio and 59% anemia among girls aged 15–19.
• Justice J.B. Pardiwala launched a Supreme Court Centre for Research and Planning handbook on child rights, as the CJI stressed that effective implementation rests primarily with the executive.