The Patna High Court recently held that conviction under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cannot be upheld if the survivor’s age is not proven. A single bench of... Read more »
A special POCSO court in Odisha’s Sundergarh district has recently sentenced a ex-school headmaster to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting 11 female students in 2015. Additional District Judge Mahendra Kumar... Read more »
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh recently stated that violent crimes against women and children are on the rise, and that courts should not be lenient toward those charged... Read more »
The Delhi High Court recently suspended the sentence of a man convicted for raping a minor after noting that the prosecutrix eloped with the accused out of her own free will and... Read more »
A local court in Kozhikode recently granted pre-arrest bail to Asianet News’ Executive Editor and its other employees. The issue involves claims that Asianet News aired a’staged interview’ of a minor girl... Read more »
The Calcutta High Court held recently that an FIR filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) cannot be quashed just because the survivor and accused married different... Read more »
A court in Gujarat’s Rajkot on Tuesday sentenced a man to death after he was accused of killing a minor girl by stabbing her 34 times. The man stabbed the girl because... Read more »
The Kerala High Court recently observed that courts must exercise caution when considering bail applications filed by parents accused of sexually assaulting their own children under the Protection of Children from Sexual... Read more »
The Bombay High Court slammed police officials of the Uran police station after they filed a closure report while the high court was still in the middle of hearing a petition pertaining... Read more »
The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the present performance of FastTrack Special Courts (FTSCs) set up in various parts of the country. Rijiju was addressing at a two-day... Read more »