Test-prep players adapt as legal education attracts wider talent poolIndia’s law entrance test-prep market is expanding steadily, driven by rising demand for legal education and growing participation beyond m...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.47 PM IST
Supreme Court slams Haryana Police for trying to dilute POCSO chargesThe Supreme Court has criticized Haryana Police for hindering a rape investigation involving a four-year-old girl in Gurugram. The court no...
25 Mar, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
Supreme Court calls Haryana police's approach to 3-yr-old's rape 'shameful', sets up SIT of woman IPS officersThe Supreme Court has ordered a Special Investigation Team of women IPS officers to probe a Gurugram child rape case. The court criticized ...
25 Mar, 2026, 02.36 PM IST
SC concerned over misuse of POCSO cases, says awareness neededThe Supreme Court observed that the POCSO Act is being misused in marital discord and consensual adolescent relationships, emphasizing the ...
05 Nov, 2025, 12.42 AM IST
'Not lust, love': Supreme Court quashes conviction of POCSO convict noting marriage between victim, accusedThe Supreme Court acquitted a man convicted under POCSO and IPC, citing his subsequent marriage and peaceful family life with the victim. T...
03 Nov, 2025, 09.12 AM 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
Not enough judges in trial courts to hear POCSO cases: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court mentioned a shortage of trial court judges to enforce directives, such as establishing a special court in each district f...
04 Mar, 2025, 07.53 PM IST
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...
23 Sep, 2024, 11.43 PM IST
43,000 cases filed under Pocso Act last year: Attorney general KK VenugopalThe high court had triggered a controversy when it had acquitted an accused in a Pocso case on the grounds that he had merely groped the cl...
25 Aug, 2021, 07.44 AM IST
Plea for appointing more additional prosecutors: HC seeks Delhi govt's standThe court asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government to try and ensure that the issue is resolved by the next date of hearing on March 24.
17 Feb, 2021, 12.48 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
SC directs setting up of centrally-funded exclusive court in each district to deal with POCSO casesThe top court noted that collection of further nationwide data on child rape cases would delay implementation of POCSO law.
25 Jul, 2019, 02.17 PM IST
Court orders CBI to conduct probe against Bihar CM in shelter home caseThe special POCSO court here passed the order on Friday on an application filed by an accused, Ashwani, a self-styled medical practitioner.
16 Feb, 2019, 04.33 PM IST
POCSO court grants bail to former UP minister Gayatri PrajapatiThe court asked Prajapati to furnish two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each and a personal bond of the same amount.
25 Apr, 2017, 03.52 PM IST
Supreme Court to examine whether man be tried under POCSO in rape caseThe Supreme Court has agreed to examine a complex legal question as to whether a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman having an IQ of...
03 Apr, 2016, 12.36 PM IST