Delhi Police is setting up a merit-based exam for SHOs for the first time. This exam aims to improve transparency and efficiency in selecti...

The Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does not constitute...

The Bombay High Court has criticized the special investigation team for failing to arrest two school trustees related to a sexual assault c...

The Bombay High Court denied pre-arrest bail to the chairman and secretary of a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra. They failed to report the ...

The National Medical Commission has reinstated previously removed topics in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergradua...

Child rape cases, covering various forms of penetrative assaults, have increased by 96% from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of NCRB...

Protesting Indian wrestlers have reportedly formed two committees to decide the next move in their fight against Wrestling Federation of In...

In the judgement passed on November 5, a division bench of Justices Suraj Govindaraj and G Basavaraja said, "Having come across several cas...

The non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supr...

According to the NCPCR, the personnel involved in dealing with the scheme do not seem to be gender sensitised and also seem to lack knowled...

The committee said that it believed that minor sexual offenders may commit more serious and heinous crime if left untreated and uncounselle...

With 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...

Bengaluru has the most number of child sexual offences cases registered in the country under the Act. According to the National Crime Recor...