[ad_1] The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the state police chief over reports that many girls have alleged sexual exploitation at a children's shelter home in Nashik district, officials said on Monday. Prima facie it is apparent that the district authorities concerned have...
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[ad_1] KOCHI: If one of the parties to a marriage between Muslims is a minor, offences under the POCSO Act will be attracted, irrespective of the validity of the marriage, the Kerala High Court has held.Disagreeing with the views of the Punjab and Haryana, Delhi, and Karnataka high courts, that...
SC stays Rajasthan HC order releasing convict on emergent parole for procreation, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Rajasthan High Court order to release a convict, serving a 20-year sentence for kidnapping and raping a minor girl, on emergent parole for 15 days for procreation. The high court had passed the order on October 14 on a plea...
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[ad_1] RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami on Tuesday called upon all stakeholders of the POCSO Act to play their role seriously for the benefit of the children.Addressing a state-level workshop on the effective implementation of POCSO Act, 2012, the chief justice said DLSA secretaries, department of...
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[ad_1] Bengaluru, The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash a case under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against a 44-year-old man from Kasaragod in neighbouring Kerala, who claimed he was a customer in a brothel and should be let off....
Karnataka HC to law panel, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court has directed the Law Commission of India to reconsider the age of consent in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.In the judgment passed on November 5, a division bench of Justices Suraj Govindaraj and G Basavaraja said, “Having come across several cases...
Non-reporting of sexual assault on children serious crime, says SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday said non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor child, despite having knowledge of it is a serious crime and also an attempt to shield the offenders.A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C.T. Ravikumar made the ruling as it set aside a...
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[ad_1] Shillong (Meghalaya) [India] November 1 (ANI): The Meghalaya High Court has held that "sexual assault" under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cannot be attributed to an act where there is mutual love and affection between young boyfriend and girlfriend.While quashing a case under POCSO Act...
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[ad_1] In two separate cases, the Karnataka High Court (HC) has held that the POCSO Act and IPC override Muslim personal law regarding age of marriage.In the first case, the HC rejected the contention that "under Mohammedan Law, the puberty is the consideration for marriage and normal puberty age is...
Convict released on probation in 2015, sent to jail by HC to serve sentence, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms
[ad_1] New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has sent behind bars a man, who was convicted for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl but was released on probation by a trial court in 2015. The high court said the trial court has "grossly erred" in releasing the convict on the period...