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Varanasi shocker: Mother sells 12-year-old girl for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris; she was raped multiple times, forced to work as house helpA 12-year-old girl was allegedly sold by her mother for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris in Uttar Pradesh. She was then subjected to repeated sexual ...
Bihar shocker: Mother forces daughter to carry brick-filled bag, assaults her in publicA disturbing video from Bihar shows a woman allegedly forcing her daughter to carry a brick-filled school bag while physically abusing her ...
Over 2.43 lakh POCSO cases pending in fast-track courts till Jan 2023; 3 pc conviction rate in 2022: ReportMore than 2.43 lakh cases under the POCSO Act were pending in fast-track special courts (FTSCs) as on January 31 this year despite the cent...
Lawfully wedded couple can't be denied each other's company; State can't enter pvt space: Delhi HCUnder the Mohammedan Law, the court noted that, a girl who has attained the age of puberty could marry without the consent of her parents a...
CBI searches in 14 states in connection with child sexual abuse caseThe central agency registered 23 separate cases on November 14 against 83 people allegedly involved in online child sexual abuse and exploi...
Muzaffarpur shelter home: Delhi court sentences Brajesh Thakur to life imprisonmentAdditional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshreshtha sentenced Thakur to life imprisonment for remainder of his natural life.
Nine women along with Brajesh Thakur convicted in Muzzafarpur child abuse caseCBI said 34 girls at the Muzzafarpur shelter home aged between seven to seventeen years of age were sexually abused by the accused after th...
NCPCR to set up separate benches to hear child rights casesThe child rights body will begin with these hearings in the 115 aspirational districts identified by the Niti Ayog.
Government’s new protection policy for children shelter homes soonThe women and child development ministry had come up with the guidelines drafted by the NGO Childline in 2013 before the Juvenile Justice (...
Sexual abuse at shelter homes: Existing mechanism not adequate to deal with problem, says SCThe bench was dealing with the matter in which 34 girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused in a shelter home run by an NGO at Muzaffa...
Malala Fund suspends grant to Sakhi, Nari Gunjan named in TISS audit reportTISS which had conducted the social audit had found that sexual abuse of varying forms and degree of intensity was prevalent in almost all ...
SC concerned over abuse of minors at shelter homes, asks Centre about action takenThe bench comprising justices S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta, asked Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, who was appearing for the Ce...
Bihar shelter homes to have cameras, micsThe child shelter authorities could be penalised if the CCTV network is found to be compromised or deliberately shut down, as per the gover...
Comprehensive grievance redressal system must be established in each state: OxfamThe issue of sexual abuse of minor girls first made headlines in April after the TISS submitted its audit report of shelter homes in Bihar ...
UP, Bihar among 9 states that refused audit of child sheltersThis despite the NCPCR and the ministry of women and child development writing to the states to comply with the SC’s orders.
How TISS team blew the lid off Bihar sexual abuse caseThe three women members of the team interacted at length with many of the nearly three dozen girls against whom sexual assault has been pro...
Bihar shelter home: CBI registers case for alleged sexual abuse of girlsThe charges relate to mental, physical and sexual exploitation of girl children residing at Children home at Sahu Road, Muzzafarpur (Bihar).
- Drive to be launched to sensitise kids on abuse
"We will start an exercise with the help of NGOs as a part of which we will go to schools and make students aware about good and bad touch,...
JD(U) terms Sushil Modi as 'kalyugi' child for anti-Advani commentsCriticising Sushil Modi for comments on Advani, JD(U) Bihar unit President Bashist Narayan Singh said "do anybody isolate father-mother fro...
- HC to Bihar: Enforce 'Domestic Violence Act'
Patna High Court has directed the NDA government in Bihar to initiate steps to enforce the Domestic Violence Act, 2005.