Improving Juvenile Justice System Act 2018 of Pakistan.

The USA has the most indispensable and invaluable juvenile justice law in the shape of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 1974. It gave a well-refined monitoring and coordination mechanism to the criminal justice systems of the rest of the world. Light must be shed on comparison of section 206 of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act 1974 of the USA with Section 10 of Juvenile Justice System Act 2018 regarding formation of coordinating council and committee, so that suggestions could be proposed to refine Pakistan's monitoring and juvenile justice Committee mechanism.

The government as well as the judiciary should revise the whole act by increasing the number of members of the Juvenile Justice Committee. Representation should also be given to members of national and provincial assemblies. There must be a comprehensive mechanism of submitting a report on activities and contributions of the committee within a defined stipulated time. There must be addition of health specialists, sport specialists, doctors, psychologists, and police officers, not below the rank of S.P. Federal and provincial law ministers should also be included. There must be a presence of federal and provincial bureaucracy in the juvenile committees at federal and provincial levels

No doubt, the US juvenile justice system has one of the most refined and well-established coordinating and monitoring mechanisms to prevent juvenile delinquency, fair implementation of juvenile laws and comprehensive monitoring. A high-level council is established in the US Juvenile Act in which all direct and indirect power-holders are added for better working. Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974 Justice under the sub title of 'Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention' paves the way for setting up a high-level council. Twenty (20) members are included in the council: ten legal practitioners or lawyers with extensive experience in juvenile justice irrespective of political affiliation, three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives after consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives, three members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, three members appointed by the President, and one member appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.

On the other hand, section 10 of the...