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1 Writ Petition No.1085 of 2023 filed by the Petitioners Nisha Pradeep Pandya and Pradeep Baijnath Pandya raise a challenge to the amendment introduced by the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Bill, 2021, in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 alongwith the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Rules, 2022, insofar as they have replaced the word 'Court' with 'District Magistrate'. A challenge is also raised to the consequential amendments in the Act and Rules by claiming that they are violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and defeat the basic structure doctrine which shall enforce concept of equality and separation of power.