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 »
The Andhra Pradesh’s special sessions judge sentenced a 17-year-old boy to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl under the POCSO Act. The judge imposed a fine of... Read more »
Actor Manoj Bajpayee’s upcoming film ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ received a legal notice from Asaram Bapu on Wednesday. Asaram sent the notice to the film’s makers via his charitable trust. In... Read more »
The Bombay High Court which recently acquitted a man convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) held that the mere absence of a wisdom teeth is not... Read more »
The Supreme Court has recently sought the reaction of the Rajasthan government on a plea moved by the uncle of a rape survivor, seeking cancellation of bail granted to Congress MLA, Johari... Read more »
The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the Medical Superintendent of LNJP Hospital not to reveal the identity of a 14-year-old girl who is seeking to terminate her 11-week pregnancy. Justice Prathiba... Read more »
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has recently held that merely because semen wasn’t detected at the time of examination of a rape survivor, doesn’t mean that there was no act of penetrative... Read more »
The Madras High Court stated on Monday that it will decide whether to reconstitute the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to investigate allegations of sexual harassment against Kalakshetra Foundation faculty. “I’ve decided to... Read more »