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TopicPOCSO Act

Topic: POCSO Act

How courts are ‘creatively interpreting’ grey zone between minors & consent in POCSO cases

Last year, both the Bombay and Madras High Court noted there were issues with the POCSO Act and its harming teenagers in consensual relationships.

Bombay HC Judge who gave ‘skin-to-skin’ POCSO verdict resigns after being denied promotion

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala tendered her resignation just a day before her tenure as additional judge was set to expire on 12 February.

SC collegium refuses to confirm Bombay HC judge who gave ‘skin-to-skin contact’ verdict

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, who gave the ‘unacceptable’ and ‘absurd’ judgments in January 2021, will now have to go back to the subordinate judiciary.

‘Grave error, unacceptable’ — why SC set aside Bombay HC’s ‘skin-to-skin’ contact POCSO verdict

Court says limiting the meaning of 'touch' or 'physical contact' in Section 7 of POCSO Act to 'skin-to-skin contact' would narrow and pedantic, lead to 'absurd interpretation'.

Tale of 2 charge sheets in POCSO case: Why court pulled up Delhi Police for ‘treachery, fraud’

Local court notes that the chargesheet filed with it had made important omissions, and ‘prejudiced’ the right of the accused to a fair trial. 

Calcutta HC says voluntary sexual acts with minors won’t be POCSO case, acquits rape accused

In a 17 September judgment, Calcutta HC said that the maturity and conduct of the victim with the accused acquires relevance when convicting an accused for penetrative sexual assault.

2 videos, 2 FIRs — how bangle-seller thrashed for being Muslim became a POCSO accused next day

Bangle-seller thrashed for allegedly using a fake Hindu name in Indore now in judicial custody in POCSO case. A day before arrest, police brokered a 'compromise' with his attackers.

Cabinet approves continuation of 1,023 fast track special courts till March 2023

Responding to a question during a Cabinet briefing, Union minister Anurag Thakur said that out of 31 states/UTs, 28 have commenced the scheme launched in 2019.

9-yr-old Dalit girl ‘gang-raped’ in Delhi and ‘forcibly cremated’, legs & ashes only evidence

A priest and 3 of his associates are accused of the crime. Girl's family allege police harassed them. Police says investigation is on and all guilty parties will face action.

Two-and-a-half-year-old girl raped in Himachal, accused boy held

Case registered under IPC Section 376 (rape) and POCSO Act following a complaint by the victim's mother. Minor accused to be sent to juvenile home, police said.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.