The Supreme Court has urged Parliament to amend the POCSO Act, replacing 'child pornography' with 'child sexual exploitative and abuse mate...

The Supreme Court of India has highlighted the critical issue of child sexual exploitation and the necessity of the POCSO Act, 2012. The co...

Sarma 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...

POCSO 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...

This comes after Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked lawmakers on Saturday to address the “growing concern” on the criminalisation ...

Two minor girls have accused the Muruga Mutt head Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru and three others of rape and sexual assault, following which...

The 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 had asked Facebook to take appropriate action against the Instagram profile of Gandhi over the alleged violation of provisions of the...

Section 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...

The government's response comes based on an observation of the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs led by Rajya Sabha MP and C...

The 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 ...

The amendments in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act also provide for fines and imprisonment to curb child pornogr...

According to the proposal, those convicted of committing rape on children up to 12 years can also be awarded death penalty.

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

The POCSO Act was brought by the UPA government in 2012 to effectively deal with cases of sexual exploitation of children, especially minor...

A special court, dealing with cases related to violence and sexual harassment against children and women, will be opened here tomorrow.

Maneka Gandhi said NCPCR has set up 605 special courts across 654 districts under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).