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Topic: POCSO

‘BJP-linked’ Goa councillor’s son arrested for ‘sexually assaulting, filming minors’. 3 FIRs so far

Goa Police said two girls recorded their complaints against Soham Naik, son of Goa's Curchorem Cacora MLC Sushant Naik. They are waiting for more survivors to come forward.

‘Shame on them for disbelieving a 4-yr-old’: SC slams Gurugram cops for ‘unlawful probe’ in POCSO case

Bench led by CJI Surya Kant also pulled up Child Welfare Committee (CWC)—which had wanted girl's parents to produce her before them—raised questions over qualification of its members.

‘Uncle-aunty sexually abused me’—chilling testimonies that sealed death sentence for Banda couple

A POCSO court sentenced a couple to death for abusing 33 minor boys, saying they lured children from poor families with money and gadgets, and shared explicit videos, photos online.

Goa minister acquitted in POCSO case. Court cites victim ‘somersault’, prosecution failure to prove age

Special court acquitted cabinet minister Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate after complainant retracted initial testimony and said complaints she had filed were a 'figment of imagination'.

Bhajanpura gangrape: 6-yr-old victim called them ‘bhaiya’, minors lured her with a ‘fake Rs 10 note’

The gangrape took place 18 January, and it came to the family’s notice when the mother saw her daughter drenched in blood.

‘Golden lining to dark cloud’: In 2025, disposal rate of POCSO cases was over 100% in 24 states

Disposal rate in 2025 reached 109 percent, meaning the courts cleared backlog of previous years. However, conviction rate has been reducing since 2019. System also struggling with delays.

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

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

Refusing to junk POCSO case, how Delhi HC rejected exceptions for ‘near-majority consensual relations’

At a time when courts are carving out exceptions on humanitarian grounds for 'consensual' relations between near-adult juveniles, Delhi HC has stuck to stricter interpretation of POCSO Act.

In life term to 15-yr-old’s rapist father, J&K court’s question to society—’will sentencing alone work?’

Sessions court relied on Supreme Court ruling in Bhanei Prasad Raju vs State of Himachal Pradesh case, emphasising the irreparable nature of breach of trust in 'incestuous cases'.

SC rap to YouTuber for violating POCSO Act privacy norms & what law says on protection of identity

Top court sought apology from YouTuber Suraj Palakaran, hearing his plea for quashing of criminal proceedings for disclosing identity of a child involved in POCSO case in a video.

On Camera

Balen Shah is changing Nepal’s foreign policy. He’s treating India, China as equals

For a landlocked country like Nepal, prioritising India and China has not been merely a question of diplomatic courtesy, but a matter of survival.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.