The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has observed that the present law dealing with children aged below 16 in heinous-crime cases as juvenile offenders is "totally inadequate and ill equipped". The court also made scathing observations about the legislature, saying no lessons had been learned from the Nirbhaya case.The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has observed that the present law dealing with children aged below 16 in heinous-crime cases as juvenile offenders is "totally inadequate and ill equipped". The court also made scathing observations about the legislature, saying no lessons had been learned from the Nirbhaya case.