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
Complying with SC’s Pocso ruling may be hard for social media firmsThe SC judgment mandates intermediaries to report child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to local authorities under the Protection of Children ...
15 Oct, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
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...
23 Sep, 2024, 06.55 PM IST
Parliament should consider bringing amendment to POCSO Act: SCThe Supreme Court has urged Parliament to amend the POCSO Act, replacing 'child pornography' with 'child sexual exploitative and abuse mate...
23 Sep, 2024, 02.30 PM IST
Child rape cases soar by 96 per cent from 2016 to 2022 due to higher reporting: CRY analysisChild rape cases, covering various forms of penetrative assaults, have increased by 96% from 2016 to 2022, according to an analysis of NCRB...
28 Jan, 2024, 02.50 PM IST
Child marriage: Assam civil society says arrests not only solution, need to address causesThe police may not have responded to the issue earlier but they alone cannot be blamed as even the health department did not report teenage...
12 Feb, 2023, 11.53 AM IST
Tamil Nadu cops ask officials to deal with Pocso matters sensitivelyThe new system of police is closely monitoring the cases registered under Pocso Act right from the registration of the cases and trial to i...
19 Dec, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
Tamil Nadu cops ask officials to deal with Pocso matters sensitivelyOfficials are asked to reach out to families and appraise them of trial’s developments
18 Dec, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
Sexual abuse of children remains hidden problem, state must encourage families to report abuse: CJISpeaking at a two-day national programme on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the CJI said it is an unfortunate ...
10 Dec, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
Consider ground realities, rethink age of consent in POCSO Act, says HC to Law CommissionIn the judgement passed on November 5, a division bench of Justices Suraj Govindaraj and G Basavaraja said, "Having come across several cas...
06 Nov, 2022, 12.00 PM IST
Court records girls' statements in Karnataka seer Pocso case; Dalit leaders seek case transfer to non-BJP stateCourt records girls' statements in Karnataka seer Pocso case; Dalit leaders seek case transfer to non-BJP state. Reports said one of the tw...
30 Aug, 2022, 11.44 PM IST
Parliamentary panel asks govt to consider reducing juvenile delinquency age to 16 under POCSO ActThe committee said that it believed that minor sexual offenders may commit more serious and heinous crime if left untreated and uncounselle...
16 Mar, 2021, 05.48 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
Child rights activists oppose death penalty for rape of minorsA number of activists argue that the introduction of the death penalty would simply lead to a decrease in the already poor conviction rates...
21 Apr, 2018, 06.47 PM IST
Need to introspect on effectiveness of POCSO Act: Justice Madan B LokurJustice Lokur said despite there being more number of cases of child abuse than murder, "we spend more time discussing murders" and wondere...
24 Feb, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
Delhi government on women safety holds consultationDeputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is heading a GoM set up the AAP cabinet in this regard, sought ideas, inputs and suggestions.
29 Oct, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
Consensual sex with minor not crime, Delhi court saysA city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of Childr...
26 Aug, 2013, 03.16 AM IST