New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a PIL filed by a Congress leader and activist challenging the constitutional validity of the recently-passed juvenile law that allows delinquent minors of 16 years of age and above to be tried as adults if they commit heinous offences like rape and murder.

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, cleared in the winter session of Parliament, repeals and recasts the old Act. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur questioned the locus of the petitioner saying "it may be challenged by somebody who is convicted or affected by the new legislation".