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Varanasi shocker: Mother sells 12-year-old girl for Rs 16,000 and 10 saris; she was raped multiple times, forced to work as house help- Gujarat shocker: Man 'allows' landlord, aide to rape his wife, 13-year-old daughter as he could not pay Rs 2000 rent
- Unnao rape case: SC sets aside order suspending Sengar's life term, asks HC to decide plea afresh
- Panchkula horror: Father sexually abused daughter for 11 years, teen got pregnant in Class 9A teenage girl in Panchkula has accused her father of sexually abusing her for over a decade, with assaults beginning at age seven. The 18-...15 May, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
- Delhi HC order suspending Kuldeep Singh Sengar's jail term stayed by the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has halted the release of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar. This follows a Delhi High Court order granting him ba...30 Dec, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
- Delhi court accepts closure report in POCSO case against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan SinghA Delhi Court has accepted the police's closure report, effectively canceling the sexual harassment case filed by a minor wrestler against ...26 May, 2025, 07.18 PM 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
- POSCO court hands death sentence to former school warden in Arunachal Pradesh for assaulting 21 childrenA POCSO court in Arunachal Pradesh sentenced a former school warden to death for sexually assaulting 21 children. The verdict also convicte...26 Sep, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
- Over 90 pc cases related to sexual offences disposed of by fast track courts in 2023: ReportFast Track Special Courts in India have shown remarkable efficiency in handling sexual offence cases, disposing of 83% in 2022 and 94% in 2...11 Sep, 2024, 05.19 PM IST
- 123 fast-track courts allocated but none of them are functional yet: Centre responds to Mamata Banerjee's letter to PM ModiUnion Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi has criticized the West Bengal government for not implementing fast-track courts ...27 Aug, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
- Age of consent: NCPCR likely to advise govt against accepting Law Commission recommendationsThe National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is expected to advise the government against accepting the Law Commission's ...04 Oct, 2023, 04.55 PM IST
- Law commission against reducing age of consent from 18 to 16 under POCSO ActThus, the Commission has deemed it fit to "introduce judicial discretion in the matter of sentencing" in such cases. The detailed report sa...29 Sep, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
- Not advisable to tinker with existing age of consent under POCSO Act: Law Commission to govtThe Law Commission in India has recommended against changing the age of consent under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCS...29 Sep, 2023, 06.33 PM 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 developments18 Dec, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
- 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 ...13 Dec, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
- Average time taken to dispose of POCSO case is 509 days: Smriti IraniAddressing the inaugural session of the National Stakeholders Consultation on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences on Saturday, Iran...10 Dec, 2022, 04.13 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
- Uttar Pradesh minor rape victim succumbs to burn injuriesOn September 10, the kin of a 16-year old in Pilibhit's Madhotanda town alleged that their daughter was raped by two youths, Rajvir and Tar...20 Sep, 2022, 12.59 AM IST
- View: Trying young offenders as adults won’t fix India’s child sexual abuse problemThe presumption that incarcerating young men will prevent sexual offences against children is at odds with the realities of child sexual ab...28 Mar, 2021, 10.49 AM 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
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