Midhila Jayan, National Law School of India University ABSTRACT Neuroscience, as a field, by analysing the structure and function of the brain, provides insight that changes the approach to juvenile justice in India. Currently, fixed age thresholds are used in India to assess the responsibility of adolescents involved in cases of a criminal nature. These fixed measures of assessing maturity based on age do not account for the differences in brain development between individuals, resulting in...