The Delhi High Court in a recent judgement stated “strongly deprecated” the use of children as tools in the criminal justice system to harass and intimidate the other party, while noting the... Read more »
The Madras High Court has recently ruled that medical practitioners are not obligated to reveal the identity of a minor who seeks termination of pregnancy arising from consensual sexual activity. A Special... Read more »
The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has informed the Kerala High Court that awareness of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) will be incorporated... Read more »
The Ambala court has recently sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping his 13-year-old daughter. Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge of a fast-track court operating within the framework of the... Read more »
The Delhi High Court has recently stated that the POCSO Act is a gender-neutral legislation while dismissing an assertion that the law is being “misused” as it is a “gender-based” enactment. Justice... Read more »
A minor wrestler, who had accused outgoing WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment, on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the Delhi Police’s investigation and did not oppose... Read more »
The Supreme Court emphasized that courts cannot impose sentences lesser than the minimum punishments prescribed in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The bench, consisting of Justices Abhay S.... Read more »
The Special POCSO court in Mumbai has recently sentenced a municipal school sports coach to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girls during training sessions. The coach was found... Read more »
The Karnataka High Court recently denied bail to a teacher accused of sexually abusing and assaulting his minor female students. Justice Umesh M Adiga noted that the offences were heinous in nature... Read more »
The Delhi High Court on Thursday held an awareness workshop on “online child sexual exploitation and abuse” and launched several “cyber awareness interactive videos” for children, in collaboration with the Delhi police.... Read more »