In India, the National Crime Records Bureau reported 2,878 cases of child trafficking in 2022 alone. However, this crisis is not limited to India; it is a global issue.
The Law Commission, however, said amendments were needed to the POCSO to “improve the situation” in cases where there was tacit approval on part of children aged 16 to 18 years.
SC took note of the minors' submission of draft rules seeking this compensation as a civil remedy and sought response from govt & National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Police search trains at Ranchi station for young girls. But their hands are tied. 'If we verify they are going with their parents’ consent, then we have no mandate to stop them.'
Police rescued 13-year-old girl from a house in Krishna district’s Guntupalli village. What followed was a race to track down 80 suspects. Seventy four have been arrested.
The rising Covid death toll has placed children who have lost both parents, in a vulnerable position. But legal adoptions must take place through child welfare committees, warn experts
The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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