Unnao rape case: SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term, asks HC to decide plea afreshThe Supreme Court has overturned a Delhi High Court decision that suspended the life sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. The c...
15 May, 2026, 04.00 PM IST
SC directs Centre to set up special POCSO courts on priority basisThe Supreme Court has instructed the Centre to urgently establish dedicated POCSO courts to handle cases of sexual offenses against childre...
15 May, 2025, 03.25 PM IST
Backlog of POCSO cases in Maharashtra surges to nearly 42,000 amidst lack of dedicated special courtsMaharashtra faces a growing crisis with over 42,000 pending POCSO cases due to insufficient dedicated courts. Despite 30 sanctioned special...
15 Mar, 2025, 04.49 PM IST
123 fast-track courts allocated but none of them are functional yet: Centre responds to Mamata Banerjee's letter to PM ModiUnion Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi has criticized the West Bengal government for not implementing fast-track courts ...
27 Aug, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
Despite reminders, Bengal govt didn't improve women safety: WCD Minister Annapurna DeviUnion WCD Minister Annapurna Devi criticised the West Bengal government in a letter to CM Mamata Banerjee for delays in implementing women ...
27 Aug, 2024, 12.23 AM IST
440 per cent rise in reporting of major crimes in Delhi in 10 years: ReportAccording to the report, registered crimes of theft and chain snatching have increased by 827 per cent and 552 per cent respectively from 2...
03 Nov, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
UP tops chart among states in trials pending in fast-track courtsAccording to the details shared with the chief justices of the high courts, more than 9.33 lakh cases are pending in the fast-track courts ...
15 Sep, 2022, 06.26 PM IST
Over 49,000 pending rape, POCSO cases disposed of amid COVID-19 pandemicListing the work done towards the welfare of women and children in the last seven years, MyGovIndia, the Centre's citizen engagement platfo...
10 Jun, 2021, 06.53 PM IST
UP govt requests Allahabad HC to direct judges to take up rape and POCSO cases on priorityIn December last year, the state had announced the setting up of 218 fast-track courts after a spate of rape cases that came to a head with...
11 Oct, 2020, 08.05 PM IST
Rape, POCSO case probes should be completed in 2 months: Ravi Shankar Prasad to write to CMs, CJs"I am going to write letters to all the chief ministers urging them to complete the investigation within two months in rape and POCSO cases...
08 Dec, 2019, 08.24 PM IST
Law minister plans to clear backlog in 1 year with fast-track courtsThe combined data for rape and Pocso Act cases are of March 31, 2018, and those of only Pocso Act cases are of June 2019, both supplied by ...
07 Dec, 2019, 11.02 AM IST
For speedy trial of 1.66 lakh rape, POCSO cases, govt to set up 1023 spl fast-track courtsEach of these special courts are expected to dispose of at least 165 such case per year, said a proposal by the Department of Justice under...
15 Sep, 2019, 03.55 PM IST
Supreme Court gives Centre 60 day deadline to set up courts in every district for child abuse casesAt present, there are no courts set up exclusively for dealing with POCSO (protection of children from sexual offences) cases.
26 Jul, 2019, 08.24 AM IST
In 2016, over 1 lakh children faced sexual assault: SC informedThe top court directed its Registry to communicate the order to the registrar generals of the high courts seeking a district wise detailed ...
18 Mar, 2018, 12.26 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram to get special court to try POCSO casesA special court, dealing with cases related to violence and sexual harassment against children and women, will be opened here tomorrow.
04 Mar, 2016, 01.24 PM IST
Over 45,000 cases of sexual offence against kids lodged in 2012-15Maneka Gandhi said NCPCR has set up 605 special courts across 654 districts under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
26 Feb, 2016, 04.56 PM IST
3 fast track courts in Muzaffarnagar for crime against women casesAbout 500 cases of crime against women including 125 cases of rape and gang-rape were found pending in several district courts.
06 Jan, 2015, 03.28 PM IST