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 »
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Centre on a petition challenging various provisions of the POCSO Act, 2012, which require mandatory reporting to police or the filing of a... Read more »
The Gonda court on Wednesday sentenced a man to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl at Tarabganj area in 2014. Anup Pratap Singh (Special Public Prosecutor) stated (POCSO... Read more »
A Kerala Court recently convicted a transwoman who sexually assaulted a minor boy in 2016, got punishment for “unnatural sex” under Section 377 of the IPC. Special Judge Aaj Sudarshan stated, “The... Read more »
The Delhi High Court refused to reduce the sentence and upheld the six-year prison term given to a Muslim cleric who was accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. The court observed... Read more »
The Bombay High Court dismissed a petition seeking transferred of a rape case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A Division Bench comprised of Acting Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Sandeep Marne of... Read more »
Delhi High Court recently granted bail to a 20-year-old man after the survivor, his wife, offered to stand as surety for him in a case registered under Sections 363, 366, and 376... Read more »
In the matter of muslim minor girl’s marriage the CJI Justice DY Chandrachud observed and has agreed to issue notice in the matter and tag it along with the earlier similar petitions... Read more »
According to a ruling by the Kerala High Court, a marriage between Muslims under personal law is not exempt from the scope of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act.... Read more »