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Headmistress to be prosecuted under POCSO; Supreme Court says anyone failing to report child sexual abuse can face actionThe Supreme Court has expanded the definition of knowledge under the POCSO Act. Anyone aware of a sexual offense against a child must repor...- Person receiving info from minor victim about sexual assault must report to authorities: SCSupreme Court declared minor victim reports credible under POCSO Act. Recipients must report sexual assault information to authorities imme...
- IAMAI sees ‘overreach’ in NHRC’s notice to MeitY over AI companies' DPDP breachesThe Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has written to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), voicing...
- Delhi Police Vacancy 2025: SHO appointments to be made through exam, a first in its 70-year historyDelhi Police is setting up a merit-based exam for SHOs for the first time. This exam aims to improve transparency and efficiency in selecti...
- Pressing a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated advances not a POCSO offence: HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does not constitute...
- Badlapur Sexual Assault Case: Bombay HC slams cops for failure to arrest two school trusteesThe Bombay High Court has criticized the special investigation team for failing to arrest two school trustees related to a sexual assault c...
- Badlapur sexual assault case: HC refuses pre-arrest bail to 2 accused school trusteesThe Bombay High Court denied pre-arrest bail to the chairman and secretary of a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra. They failed to report the ...
- A controversial U-turn: NMC reintroduces controversial topics like 'hymen', 'lesbianism' and importance of virginityThe National Medical Commission has reinstated previously removed topics in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergradua...
- Child rape cases soar by 96 per cent from 2016 to 2022 due to higher reporting: CRY analysisChild rape cases, covering various forms of penetrative assaults, have increased by 96% from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of NCRB...
- Wrestlers form two committees to decide on future course of actionProtesting Indian wrestlers have reportedly formed two committees to decide the next move in their fight against Wrestling Federation of In...
- Consider ground realities, rethink age of consent in POCSO Act, says HC to Law CommissionIn the judgement passed on November 5, a division bench of Justices Suraj Govindaraj and G Basavaraja said, "Having come across several cas...
- Non-reporting of sexual assault against minor despite knowledge a serious crime: SCThe non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supr...
- NCPCR seeks suspension of Delhi govt's 'Desh Ka Mentor' programmeAccording to the NCPCR, the personnel involved in dealing with the scheme do not seem to be gender sensitised and also seem to lack knowled...
- Parliamentary panel asks govt to consider reducing juvenile delinquency age to 16 under POCSO ActThe committee said that it believed that minor sexual offenders may commit more serious and heinous crime if left untreated and uncounselle...
- Unnao rape case: Court frames fresh charges against MLA Kuldeep SengarWith the charges being modified, the offences now entail a minimum punishment of 10 years unlike under section 3 of the Act, where it was s...
- Convictions rise in sexual offence cases on childrenBengaluru has the most number of child sexual offences cases registered in the country under the Act. According to the National Crime Recor...
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