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Facts of the Case: The Kerala High Court dealt with a bail petition filed by a teacher accused of assaulting a student with a cane. The incide ...
Supreme Court Restores 38-Year-Old Rape Conviction, Ruling Child Victim’s Silence and Tears Don’t Benefit the Accused
Facts of the Case The case dates back to 1986, where the accused allegedly raped a minor girl. The trial began in 1987, and the Sessions Court con ...
Karnataka HC Grants Relief to Teacher Accused of Beating 6th Grader with Stick, Rules No Evidence Punishment Was Excessive
Facts of the Case: The petitioner, a Physical Education teacher, was charge-sheeted for offences under Section 82 of the Juvenile Justice (Care an ...
Kerala HC Stated Experience in Child Welfare Work Essential for Appointment to Child Welfare Committee
Facts of the Case This case pertains to an appeal regarding the appointment of Respondent No. 8, Mr. A, as a member of the Child Welfare Committee ...
Delhi HC Ruled That Consent Cannot Be Overlooked When Minor’s Age Remains Disputed
Facts of the Case: The present case involves an appeal filed by the State challenging the acquittal of the respondent, X under Section 4 of the Pr ...
Madras HC Clarifies that Doctors are Not Obligated to Verify Victim’s Age or Ascertain Offense
Facts of the Case The Criminal Original Petition was filed invoking Section 528 B.N.S.S., seeking an order to call for the records related to the ...
Kerala HC Stated Medical Evidence of Intact Hymen Insufficient to Disprove Penetrative Sexual Assault
Facts of the Case The case arose from allegations against the petitioner, who was accused of kidnapping a minor, his close relative, from the cust ...
Kerala HC Stated Serious Offenses Under POCSO Act Cannot Be Quashed Solely Based on Settlements
Facts of the Case This case revolves around allegations under Sections 341 and 354A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along with Sections 7, 8, 11(1 ...
The Kerala High Court stated that the obligation under Section 19 of the POCSO Act to report offences must be fulfilled by an individual in their personal capacity rather than in an official role.
Facts of the Case The petitioner, a former chairman of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Thrissur, served in this capacity from 2009 to 2019. The ...
Delhi High Court Orders Free Medical Treatment for Rape, Acid Attack, and POCSO Survivors in All Hospitals
Introduction The Delhi High Court recently ordered that victims of rape, acid attacks and sexual assaults as well as victims of POCSO cases be pro ...
Punjab & Haryana HC rules that Presumption of Guilt Under Section 29 of POCSO Act Can’t Be Drawn Due to Lack of Evidence
Introduction The Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted two accused in a sexual assault case under the POCSO Act. The Court held that there was i ...
“State should take serious efforts to curtail the offence by enacting the law and impose severe punishments to those involved in sexual offence are family members or close friends”- Madras HC
Madras High Court in a recent judgement urged the state government to take stringent actions against Family members or close friends accused of sexua ...
Punjab HC Refuses To Treat Juvenile Booked Under POCSO Act As ‘Adult’ Based On Psyche Assessment Done With 5 Years Delay
Facts of the Case The appellant, a juvenile, was involved in a case where he was charged with committing sexual assault against a 4-year-old girl ...
SC held that Sexual assault under the POCSO Act cannot be quashed based on a ‘compromise,’ as it is a crime and not a private matter
Facts of the Case The case revolves around a teacher accused of sexual assault on a minor girl in a school. The incident occurred when the teacher ...
The Kerala High Court ruled that the principal and teacher weren’t guilty of failing to report the crime as the complaint was sent to the police the next day.
Detailed Facts of the Case: This Criminal Miscellaneous Case was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, seeking to quash the f ...
Delhi HC Highlights Teenage Love as a ‘Legal Grey Area’ and questions Its Categorization Under POCSO
Facts of the Case: The petitioner sought regular bail in relation to FIR registered at Mundka Police Station for an alleged offence under Section ...
Texting a Minor Without ‘Sexual Intent’ is not Sexual Harassment under POCSO Act: Kerala High Court
Facts of the Case The case arose from a Criminal Miscellaneous Case filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the FIR and ...
Supreme Court held that storage of Child Pornography constitutes an offence under POCSO
The Supreme Court overruled a Madras High Court judgment, holding that the mere storage of child pornographic material, even without an intent to tra ...
“Romantic Cases”- A Non-Existing Category for Dismissing Rape Cases Carved Out by Calcutta HC Under POCSO Act was Set Aside by Supreme Court
Introduction: The Supreme Court recently overturned a Calcutta High Court judgment in which a 25-year-old accused was acquitted under the POCSO Ac ...
Shattering Myths related to POCSO and our understanding of child sexual abuse: How Ignoring Male Victims Undermines the Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse
The recent and tragic Badlapur incident in Maharashtra, where two minors - 4-year-old girls - were sexually assaulted within their school premises, h ...
Update on the Badlapur Case: Bombay High Court takes measures to ensure Child Safety in Schools
The Bombay High Court, in response to a suo motu PIL regarding the sexual assault of two kindergarten students in Badlapur, Thane, highlighted the ur ...
