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Topic: POCSO Act

‘At loss of words,’ HC pulls up Delhi govt as women & child welfare bodies headless for over 2 years

Ruchi Bhattar -
Court questions ‘institutional paralysis’, says why don’t they ‘scrap’ the acts creating these commissions if posts remain vacant for years.

Why Punjab & Haryana High Court suspended a convict’s 20-year sentence in POCSO case

Sushil Manav -
A division bench passed the order on 6 February, allowing the convict to walk free on bail pending his appeal, despite opposition from the state. He had spent about six months in jail.

Haryana teen’s sexual assault FIR against national shooting coach—’forced massages, threat to end career’

Sushil Manav -
POCSO case has been registered against coach Ankush Bhardwaj, who allegedly asked the 17-yr-old to meet him at a hotel under the pretext of discussing her performance after a match.

Tripura student’s murder tears through India’s claim of diverse cosmopolitanism

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CBI to move SC challenging suspension of Kuldeep Sengar’s life term in 2017 Unnao rape case

Mayank Kumar -
Agency to file Special Leave Petition at the earliest against the Delhi High Court order granting relief to the accused, says a spokesperson.

Flagging ‘botched’ probe that cost POCSO accused 13 yrs in jail, SC lays down norms for criminal trials

Ruchi Bhattar -
Supreme Court bench sets aside conviction, says when trials 'become mechanical exercises divorced from quest for truth', outcome risks becoming 'instrument of unintended cruelty'.

IT Act toothless against deepfakes? NCW seeks review of laggard laws as women face more AI-driven abuse

Vaibhav Pant -
There has been recurring instances of morphed videos & images of women being used for making non-consensual intimate & explicit pornographic content.

How ‘school mein maje’ Instagram post by student led HC to suspend teacher’s sentence in POCSO case

Sushil Manav -
Teacher was sentenced under POCSO Act & sections of IPC for molesting the student. HC suspended his sentence pending appeal against conviction.

SC sets aside man’s conviction as ‘law must yield to justice’. POCSO vs consensual love debate reignited

Ruchi Bhattar -
Supreme Court invoked Article 142, which empowers it to pass any decree or order necessary to do 'complete justice', while setting aside a Tamil Nadu man's conviction.

More and more POCSO cases are being settled by victim-accused marriages

Mohammad Nasir -
Crimes against children are on the rise. And marriage is emerging as ‘compromise’.
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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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