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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- Monalisa's marriage takes an ugly turn: Probe finds Kumbh viral girl as minor, FIR filed against husband Farman
- IAMAI sees ‘overreach’ in NHRC’s notice to MeitY over AI companies' DPDP breaches
- RCB bowler Yash Dayal, facing POCSO case, to skip IPL 2026. Here's all we knowYash Dayal will not play for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2026 IPL season. The franchise confirmed his absence due to personal matter...24 Mar, 2026, 06.40 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
- Saying 'I love you' not molestation or sexual offence: High Court acquits man convicted in case involving a teenagerThe Bombay High Court overturned a man's conviction for molestation and violating the POCSO Act, stating that expressing "I love you" alone...01 Jul, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
- Pressing a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated advances not a POCSO offence: HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that touching a minor girl's lips and sleeping next to her without sexually motivated intent does not constitute...07 Mar, 2025, 04.18 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
- Beware if you're watching this porn as it may put you in jail for up to 7 yearsThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that possessing child pornographic material, even without dissemination, is a criminal offence. The co...24 Sep, 2024, 11.32 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
- Not very satisfied with present performance of fast track special courts: Kiren RijijuIn his address, Rijiju also shared data on FTSCs and said, "Based on the pendency of cases in March 2018, a total of 1,023 fast track speci...02 Mar, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
- Gauhati HC questions POCSO charges in child marriage arrests"POCSO you can add anything. What is the POCSO [charge] here? Merely because POCSO is added, does it mean judges will not see what is there...15 Feb, 2023, 09.16 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
- Delhi LG proposes MHA to regard non-consensual sex with wife aged 15-18 yrs to be treated as rapeAs per Delhi Police sources, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has recommended to the home ministry that non-consensual intercourse with a wife ...05 Nov, 2022, 05.51 PM IST
- Non-reporting of sexual assault against minor despite knowledge a serious crime: SCThe non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor despite knowledge is a "serious crime" and an attempt to shield the offenders, the Supr...02 Nov, 2022, 08.11 PM IST
- Supreme Court protects minors seeking abortion, says doctors need not disclose their identities to copsA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, A S Bopanna and J B Pardiwala said to ensure that the benefit of Rule 3B(b) is extended to all women a...30 Sep, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
- Personal laws need to be reviewed, harmonised with landmark court rulingsThe Cabinet's recent proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women to 21 years has focussed attention on the need to review the m...25 Dec, 2021, 11.43 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
- 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
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