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Topic: POCSO Act

DMK ward councillor held as 6-yr-old sexually assaulted in Tamil Nadu school. CM Stalin vows stringent action

Stalin informs TN assembly that the accused has been expelled from the party. The councillor, who served as correspondent at Shakthi Nagar Private Primary School in Cuddalore, booked under POCSO Act.

How a 15-yr-old spent 5 yrs on death row for rape-murder before being released by Supreme Court

The accused was sentenced to death for the 2017 rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh. SC has upheld his conviction, but set aside his death sentence.

Assam child marriage crackdown: What’s the legal age to marry for Muslims and the puberty debate?

Supreme Court set to look into whether age limit for marriage under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act overrides Muslim personal law provisions, so long referred to by courts in such cases.

Child survivor needn’t be at bail hearings — Delhi HC issues slew of guidelines for POCSO cases

Justice Jasmeet Singh framed guidelines to prevent 're-traumatisation' of victim last week. Measures include virtual hearings, emphasis on sensitive questioning.

POCSO & ‘sin’ of falling in love: Why Madras HC panel says no hasty arrests if there’s ‘romantic’ link

In a letter, the court’s juvenile justice panel says that 60% of registered POCSO cases relate to ‘mutual romantic relationships’. But police say implementation could be challenging. 

Bihar panchayat’s punishment for man who ‘raped 5-yr-old’: 5 sit-ups. FIR filed after viral video

Nawada SP says police are looking for the accused. Members of Kannauj village panchayat could also be called to task if names crop up in the investigation.

India’s first ‘love jihad’ conviction—a volatile mix of POCSO, kidnapping, abuse, conversion

The Amroha district court said that criminals like Mohammad Afzal 'make it difficult for women and girls to come out on the street.'

‘POCSO overrides personal laws’ — Karnataka HC holds pregnant Muslim minor’s marriage invalid  

In his bail application, the petitioner cited Islamic law to defend his marriage to his now-pregnant minor ‘wife’.  POCSO is a special law, said the court, rejecting the argument. 

‘POCSO a secular law, applies to all’: How NCPCR opposed marriage of 16-yr-old Muslim girl in SC

Couple had married against wishes of families & sought police cover. Request was granted as she is of marriageable age under Muslim Personal Law, Punjab & Haryana HC had said.

‘Raped two minors, aides stood guard’: New allegations, FIR against jailed Lingayat swami

Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been accused by an employee of Murugha Mutt in Karnataka of raping her two minor daughters. He is currently in jail in another sex abuse case.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.