The Supreme Court issued a notice in a writ petition seeking protection of children from any kind of harassment including the sexual harassment being ...
SC sets aside man’s conviction under POCSO as he is married to survivor
The bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai sets aside the conviction of a man accused in a POCSO case after noticing that he had married the ...
SC commuted death sentence of a man guilty of raping and killing a minor
In the case of M.F. vs State of Madhya Pradesh, the Apex Court of India on 19th April 2022 mitigated the death sentence to life imprisonment imposed ...
Supreme Court Split Verdict On Need For Court Permission To Investigate Sec.23 Of POCSO For Disclosure Of Victim’s Identity
In the case of G.N.N. vs State of Karnataka &Ors., the Apex Court of India on 21st March 2022 has delivered a split judgment on the issue of whet ...
Supreme Court orders all courts to follow SOP for examination of child witnesses through video-conferencing
In the case of In Re Children in Street Situations, the Supreme Court on 01.02.2022 prioritized the importance of ensuring the safety of child witnes ...
‘Probability of Reformation & Rehabilitation’: Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence of a Man Convicted of Rape & Murder of 11 Year Old Girl
In the case of B Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh, the Apex Court on 18.01.2022 commuted the death penalty of a convict belonging to a scheduled tribe com ...
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 ...