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Pocso Case: SC grants relief to BJP leader YediyurappaThe Supreme Court has stayed trial court proceedings against former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a child sexual assault case ...- Kolkata Court sentences man to death for rape and attempted murder of infantA special Pocso court in Kolkata sentenced Rajiv Ghosh to death for the brutal rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old girl. Describ...
- Beware if you're watching this porn as it may put you in jail for up to 7 yearsThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that possessing child pornographic material, even without dissemination, is a criminal offence. The co...
- Watching child porn can be POCSO offence if intention is to share or profit: SCThe Supreme Court has urged Parliament to amend the POCSO Act, replacing 'child pornography' with 'child sexual exploitative and abuse mate...
- Sexual exploitation of minors plagued societies worldwide, matter of serious concern in India: SCThe Supreme Court of India has highlighted the critical issue of child sexual exploitation and the necessity of the POCSO Act, 2012. The co...
- Assam government will engage series of lawyers to deal with Child marriage cases-Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said," Till now in this mission against the child marriage in Assam, 90% percent of the cases will be convicted under POCSO Act. We h...
- Men marrying girls aged below 14 years in Assam to be booked under POCSO Act: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa SarmaPOCSO Act of 2012 defines a child as an individual under the age of 18 and it criminalises sex between an under-age child and an adult. Whi...
- Amend Pocso, decriminalise consensual sex of those above 16: Unicef ReportThis comes after Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked lawmakers on Saturday to address the “growing concern” on the criminalisation ...
- Karnataka Murugha Mutt sexual assault case: NCPCR seeks reportTwo minor girls have accused the Muruga Mutt head Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and three others of rape and sexual assault, following which...
- Supreme Court to examine if POCSO cases can be quashed on basis of compromise between accused and victimThe accused in this case, a teacher by profession, was booked for offences under sections of the POCSO Act that pertain to those, being on ...
- NCPCR summons Facebook officials over Rahul Gandhi's Instagram postNCPCR had asked Facebook to take appropriate action against the Instagram profile of Gandhi over the alleged violation of provisions of the...
- After Twitter, NCPCR demands action against Instagram profile of Rahul GandhiSection 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, prohibits the disclosure of identity of a child in any form of media and Section 23 of the PO...
- Parliamentary panel not to push for lowering age limit to 16 yrs for juveniles involved in serious POCSO casesThe government's response comes based on an observation of the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs led by Rajya Sabha MP and C...
- 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 ...
- Government approves changes in POCSO Act, includes death penalty for sexual offences against childrenThe amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provide for fines and imprisonment to curb child pornogr...
- Ordinance likely to award death penalty for raping children up to 12 yrsAccording to the proposal, those convicted of committing rape on children up to 12 years can also be awarded death penalty.
- 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...
- POCSO charge against BSP leaders for derogatory remarksThe POCSO Act was brought by the UPA government in 2012 to effectively deal with cases of sexual exploitation of children, especially minor...
- 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.
- 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).
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