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SC on Pocso misuse: How can state prevent elopement of girl & boy?The Supreme Court questioned the Pocso Act's use in consensual teenage relationships. Justices noted parents often file cases to protect fa...- Gujarat Police trace 1,470 missing persons in month-long Operation Milap; women, children make up majorityGujarat Police successfully traced 1,470 missing individuals, including many women and children, during the month-long 'Operation Milap'. T...
- Nepal weighs ‘Romeo-Juliet’ clause in rape law to shield consensual teenage couples, sparks concernNepal is considering a "Romeo-Juliet Clause" to differentiate consensual teenage relationships from rape. The proposed amendment would exem...
- Forget 800, Delhi Police data reveals alarming trend as 2,000 people go missing every month in national capital. Here's what we know800 people go missing in Delhi: The data released by the Delhi Police shows that nearly 2,000 people go missing every month in the national...
- Love, lies & facial hair: Meerut man loses wife to clean-shaven brotherA 28-year-old man from Meerut, Mohammad Shakir, has accused his wife of eloping with his younger brother after she repeatedly demanded he s...
- Footballer jailed for three years for eloping with minor girl in 2022, investigation suggests otherwiseA young footballer from Delhi has been sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly kidnapping and molesting a minor girl he met in 202...
- UP man chokes minor sister on busy road in Meerut, locals record videos until she diesThe police reported that the accused, identified as Mohd Haseen, was reportedly enraged by his sister's persistent desire to marry a man fr...
- Dramatic twist in Sircilla kidnapping case as woman says she eloped "willingly" with her boyfreindThe 'kidnapping' case of an 18-year-old woman in Rajanna Sircilla district of Telangana took a dramatic twist when the girl released a vide...
- 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...
- Mumbai: Sexual crimes against women rose 235% from 2012 to 2021In five years between 2017 and 2021, the city's north central region, which includes the Vile Parle-Bandra-Kurla belt, reported the highest...
- Police may slap NSA against 6 accused in Lakhimpur Kheri rape-murder case"We are thinking of invoking the NSA against the accused," Sanjeev Suman, superintendent of police of Lakhimpur Kheri, told ET. "We will tr...
- Why there is a sharp rise in the number of minor girls running away from homeThe rising numbers of rescued girls can be deemed indicative of the larger emerging trend.
- BJP governments have zero tolerance towards communalism: Mukhtar Abbas NaqviNaqvi made the remarks a day after people from a particular community created a ruckus and damaged a vehicle in UP's Sambhal.
- Gujarat village bans mobile phone for school girlsA village in Mehsana district of Gujarat has banned minor girls from using or owning mobile phones claiming that gadget distracts them from...
- 440 cases of crime relating to women reported in 2014Sharma claimed that the commissionerate of police have detected over 95 per cent of cases related to crimes against women.
- Tension prevails in Muzaffarnagar as minor girl elopes with loverA 17-year-old girl allegedly eloped with her lover, who belongs to a different community, following which tension prevailed in the district.
- Why the Gandhian Arvind Kejriwal must also heed Ambedkar's views on village empowermentAmbedkar’s analysis continues to ring true eight decades later - village empowerment seriously endangers minorities.
- Country's legal system unfair to young lovers: Delhi CourtIndia's legal system is "unfair" to youngsters in love, a Delhi court observed while acquitting a youth of charges of forcing a girl to mar...
- Another Nithari? 22 slum kids go missingIs another Nithari unfolding at New Sanjay Amar colony in east Delhi? This slum cluster behind the Karkardooma courts has seen at least 22 ...
- Another Nithari? 22 slum kids go missingIs another Nithari unfolding at New Sanjay Amar colony in east Delhi? This slum cluster behind the Karkardooma courts has seen at least 22 ...
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