The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) is formed under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The JJB deals with matters related to children in conflict with law.
The Board consists of Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of First Class not being Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate with at least three years’ experience and two social workers, of whom at least one shall be a woman.
The procedure for contacting the JJB is similar to the that of contacting the CWC.