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India houses 40% of children in its total population but is ranked as the 6th most unsafe country for children. There is a myth that boys can’t be se ...
Introduction of Death Penalty and Other Enhanced Punishments: The 2019 POCSO Amendment Explained
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) is a comprehensive legislation that was passed in 2012 to provide for the protec ...
Karnataka High Court Issues Directions For Effective Implementation Of POCSO Act
A Division Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice M.G. Uma delivered the verdict in Hanumantha Mogaveera Vs. State of Karnataka while a ...
What does the POCSO Act say?
When working on the Issue of sexual harm and violence, it is important to know Laws that aim to protects various vulnerable groups. An important act ...
HIMACHAL PRADESH HC : “No Means No, The Word ‘No’ Does Not Need Any Further Explanation”
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh in Suresh Kumar Vs State of H.P. denied bail to man accused of raping a 17- year old minor girl and remarked that ...
HP High Court: “He Appears To Be Pervert, Would Make Life of Young Friends Of Opposite Gender Miserable”
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh in Rohit Kumar Vs State of H.P. denies bail to a 22-year-old man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl and remarked ...
Kerala HC allowed quashing of POCSO case after marriage between the parties
Recently, in two cases with similar facts, (Name redacted) v. State of Kerala and XXX v. XXX and Others , the Kerala High Court quashed the cr ...
Bombay HC: Consent of minor immaterial
In the case of ABC v. State of Maharashtra , where the appellant argued that there was a consensual relationship between the minor victim-girl and th ...
Bombay High Court on Right of Child Victim to Participate in Judicial Process
The Bombay High Court in “Arjun Kishanrao Malge vs State of Maharashtra” on 8th April 2021 issued guidelines for the effective implementation of the ...
Delhi HC: FIRs in POCSO cases cannot be quashed even if victim decides to compromise on majority
The Delhi High Court in yet another judgment, Dinesh Sharma and Ors. vs. State on 24th March 2021 (earlier in Sunil Raikwar vs. State in January 2021 ...
Supreme Court: Love Affair Irrelevant Ground for Bail When Victim Is A Minor
In the case of X (Minor) v. The State of Jharkhand & Anr; the Hon’ble Supreme Court held that on the day of the incident the victim was barely th ...
Mumbai court on posterior i.e. buttocks being private body part
Mumbai court on posterior i.e. buttocks being private body part With rising sexual assault cases, everyday the courts in India have to face differ ...
Madras High Court – POCSO does not cover adolescent teenagers in romantic relationships
In what seems a striking judgment, Justice N Anand Venkatesh quashed a case stating that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO A ...
Delhi High Court – FIR cannot be quashed in POCSO cases even if there is compromise/settlement
In a recent judgment on 29th January 2021, the Delhi High Court had refused to permit quashing of First Information Report (“FIR”) merely on the grou ...
Delhi High Court – Pulling down leggings of a child & touching thighs is sexual assault
With the number of children getting victimized of sexual abuse and assault from a very tender age in India, there has been a rise in cases& ...
Bombay High Court – No Sexual Assault in case of no ‘Skin to Skin Contact’
In the case of Satish Ragde vs state of Maharashtra, an appeal decided before the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court on 19th January 2020, it was ...
Bombay High Court & guidelines on disclosure of victim’s identity
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court on 30 Jan, 2021 issued additional guidelines to avoid & prevent disclosure of rape victim's identit ...
Delhi High Court – Delay in filing FIR led to bail of accused
Recently in the case of Shiv Chander vs. NCT of Delhi , the Delhi High Court granted bail to a man who was booked under Sections 376AB of Indian Pena ...
New POCSO rules released in 2020
New rules under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 were released in 2020. Here is what the Rules state: Central/state govt t ...
Delhi High Court states that Internal Committee cannot do Moral Policing
Recently, in a judgment dated 16th December 2020, the Delhi High Court, in the case of Bibha Pandey vs Punjab National Bank and Ors. stated that, “Mo ...
