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POCSO cases: Pathetic pen...

As per a report of Praja Foundation, 99% of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in 2020 are pending trial. The delay is being attributed to factors like setting up of virtual courts during the pandemic and the unorganised police-court mechanism. There is, therefore, a need to understand the various agencies involved in the functioning of the POCSO Act and the issues and challenges faced by special courts due to which pendency has taken place.

Allahabad High Court says...

The Allahabad High Court has taken the matter of non-implementation of provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012 seriously.

Bahraich court sentences ...

A man, who had been convicted of raping his daughter for two consecutive years, has been sentenced to death by a sessions court in Bahraich on Tuesday.

Allahabad High Court says...

A single-judge bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a criminal Appeal filed by Sonu Kushwaha gives its verdict on a petition filed in a Jhansi case saying that oral sex of a minor is not an offense, and reduced the sentence of the convicted in the trial court from 10 years to 7 years.

Justice Ravindra Bhat ord...

Part of the three-judge bench led by Justice U.U. Lalit, which set aside the Bombay High Court's skin-to-skin contact order earlier on Thursday, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat has noted down a concurring opinion though separate from the operative judgement by Justice Bela Trivedi.

BJP spokesperson withdraw...

A Delhi Court yesterday disposed of a plea filed by Naveen Kumar Jindal, BJP Spokesperson against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly disclosing the identity of a 9-year-old minor rape victim who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in Delhi Cantonment area.

Supreme Court sets aside ...

A bench headed by Justice UU Lalit set aside the high court judgment saying the most important ingredient of constituting sexual assault is sexual intent and not skin-to-skin contact with the child.

Chitrakoot minor gangrape...

On November 10 , Lucknow MPMLA court has convicted former Uttar Pradesh Minister Gayatri Prajapati, and his associates Ashok Tiwari and Ashish Shukla for gangrape and provisions of the POCSO Act.

Chitrakoot gangrape case:...

Co-accused Vikas Verma, Rupeshwar, Amarendra Singh Pintu and Chanderpal were acquitted due to lack of evidence. The court will pronounce the sentence against the culprits in the case on Friday, 12 November.

Allahabad High Court says...

The Lucknow Bench of the...

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