Juvenile crime, shouldn't the parents be punished?

@vandana7 Certainly the lad was let off very lightly.

@JudyEv And do you agree to the punishment I have for the parents? Monetary punishment?

@vandana7 I think 50% is a bit high.

But giving keys of the new car to the kid? Is that ok?

@TheHorse He is involved with underground world. He took help from a terrorist to solve his land issues with his brother. And he can easily pay the amount I mentioned in Judy's box.

@LadyDuck He is a builder, real estate person.

No ...in India. Pune.

@TheHorse He did not, his vehicle did. LOL. People dragged him out and beat him up a bit.

@vandana7 I don't know what kind of sentence he would get here. Did he stop at the scene?

@TheHorse True to that. But even so, a child is a parent's responsibility. Parent is supposed to keep keys away from. So it is the parent's failure that led to such a mishap.

As Judy and Anna said, each case has ot be judged individually.

@vandana7 Much of the working population would be broke or in prison if we followed the rules you suggest.

@Kandae11 Exactly. That is why the parent has been arrested today.

@vandana7 However l believe the circumstances should be examined thoroughly before determining who should be punished. There are some children who are hell bent on destruction regardless of how hard the parents try to rein them in. Oftentimes you will hear people say of such children - " that one has been down here before".

@vandana7 When children reach a certain age they believe they know it all - that is the time when parents must be very strong and vigilant .

I think everybody working in this country should stop working for 1 week. Bring the government down to its knees. What sort of judgement was that?

@Rimps85 I have been surprised with recent judgments. There has been a sense of urgency or carelessness in many cases. Take for example, sending Rahul Gandhi back into Lok Sabha. As a judge, I would impose a condition that he apologizes for his loose talk in a press conference, and in the parliament, before resuming his duties. Then, recent Kejriwal bail. Judges use services of tax consultants for their personal tax returns, most of the time. So obviously they don't understand various implications. They should call a chartered accountant or cost accountant to come down to the court for the bail hearing, and consult them on whatever the ED is stating. This would impose greater responsibility on ED to present facts. But the judges have given a verdict based on what they felt is going on around them. Whether Kejriwal and others are truly being hounded by BJP through agencies is yet to be confirmed. But such accusations have been made multiple times so judges cannot but help think that it may well be so. In an attempt to be fair, they may have bent backwards. I am not casting aspersions, but there is a delicate situation. When the law does not support serious punishments to juvenile, how can judges take law in their own hands. That may have been the unfortunate situation for the judge. Our laws need to change too. They were drafted for the benefit of brits when they ruled us, and our lawyers chose not to change them, with whatever were the priorities.

@vandana7 I guess, its now time to name & shame the Judges...these guys should be held responsible for these whimsical verdicts...there's no accountability, whereas common man has to run from pillar to post, spend lacs of money to get a proper judgement from higher courts...

I know.... this is how it is working nowadays. :(

In this case, they have been overindulgent. Most Indian boys are brought up like that because they are likely to get "dowry".

In this case it was a rich dad, and he indulged his son, by giving him the key even before the registration of the vehicle was completed....not only youngsters, even older people are careless. I got the scare of my life when I was driving in one way and there was this road joining in, and the divider, top it all, I just took a U turn and there was this uphill road, so cannot help but press accelerator. This man comes into the one way, because that U turn is there, instead of traveling up and turning. Saving petrol? Or time? Whatever...but people tend to be careless.

@vandana7 People in India escape by paying a bribe to the police after reckless driving and so can afford to be callous.

If I was wrong about it, would the Juvenile's parent be arrested today? LOL Everybody knows that juveniles tend to be hasty and adventurous. It then becomes imperative to keep a watch on their activities. Most RICH / WELL OFF people leave their kids in the hands of some caregiver or nanny. Nannies dare not correct the child, else the child will tell false stories about them, and they could lose their jobs and career too, as references are very important in such professions. This results in children becoming wayward. Having children imports the need to devote time in their upbringing. The present case highlights the parental neglect, which needs to be punished. As I told Judy, every life costs the nation. Consider proportionate cost of food, clothes, medicines, education, transport, healthcare, law and order, etc. In addition, there is potential earning cost involved of younger people. All that is lost. My estimate is, such cost per life of educated person in India is about 2 crores.