A special POCSO court here on Saturday sentenced a 44-year old man to death for murdering his relative and a minor girl. The court also awarded him jail term till the end... Read more »
Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam has recently urged judicial officers to display greater sensitivity when handling cases related to human trafficking and those falling under the stringent POCSO Act. Chief... Read more »
The Silchar court in Assam has recently sentenced a 30-year-old man to 25 years in jail for kidnapping and forcibly marrying a 13-year-old girl. Special judge Sanjay Hazarika sentenced the man to... Read more »
The Bombay High Court recently stated while reversing a conviction of a man accused of sexual harassment. The dignity of women has to be protected at all costs, which doesn’t absolve the... Read more »
The Allahabad High Court has recently ordered the State government to recover compensation paid to the rape victims who have turned hostile during the trial. Notably, while hearing a bail application, Justice... Read more »
The Meghalaya High Court today has refused to interfere with a trial court order sentencing former MLA Julius Dorphang to 25 years imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The High Court bench... Read more »
The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a status report from the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) on the payment of compensation to victims of sexual offences, as well as the... Read more »
The Kerala court has recently convicted & sentenced a man to 7 years in prison for molesting a minor autistic boy 10 years ago and said that everyone owes a special duty... Read more »
A 24-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai who was accused of raping a minor girl today has been acquitted by a special court, with the judge calling it a case of a... Read more »
The Ghaziabad special court recently sentenced the accused in the rape and murder of a minor girl to death. Police stated that the accused was convicted of raping and murdering a 9-year-old... Read more »