The Supreme Court had already written to the states to take up the cases of the senior citizens on a priority basis, she said, adding that Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim had already implemented the directives.

Maneka was speaking at a function organised by the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) here.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between NLSIU director N L Mitra and Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Anand Bordia, to institute an endowment at the NLSIU in order to create a chair on juvenile justice at the function.

Maneka handed over a draft of Rs 30 lakh as a one time grant to the NLSIU director N L Mitra to create the endowments. She asked the NLSIU to submit a policy paper onJuvenile Act by August so that it would be presented in the Parliament.