JUDGMENT - THAKKER C.K., C.J.:---Rule. Smt. Usha Kejariwal, Additional Public Prosecutor, appears and waives service of notice of rule on behalf of respondents.

2. This writ petition is filed by Master Rajeev Shankarlal Parmar, petitioner No. 1 through petitioner No. 2, a practising Advocate of this Court, as Public Interest Litigation being Criminal Writ Petition No. 823 of 2003. In the said petition, following prayers have been made:---

"(a) this Honble Court be pleased to declare the first petitioners incarceration in Mumbai Central Prison at Arthur Road unlawful and in violation of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the Constitution of India;

(b) This Honble Court be pleased to direct the second respondent to produce the first petitioner before the Juvenile Justice Board forthwith;

(c) That this Honble Court be pleased to order and direct that the first petitioner be shifted forthwith from the Mumbai Central Prison at Arthur Road to the observations home at Umerkhadi;

(d) That this Honble Court be pleased to expedite the inquiry of the first petitioner before the Juvenile Justice Board so as to complete it within 2 months of the first petitioners fi

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