PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has held that a conviction under the Juvenile Justice Act is not to be treated as disqualification for the individual's appointment in any services. Allowing a petition filed by a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya teacher, the division bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra observed: "A bare perusal of section 19(1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 makes it clear that it starts with a 'non-obstante clause' excluding the applicability of any other law in the matter of a juvenile and clearly provides that a juvenile who has committed an offence and has been dealt with under the provisions of the Act, shall not suffer disqualification attaching to a conviction of an offence under such law. It means

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