HC asked adolescent boys to 'respect' young girls while quashing an FIR against a youth convicted under POCSO. It also suggested consensual sexual acts among adolescents be decriminalised.
Meghalaya HC quashed case against man for marrying, impregnating 'consenting minor'. But recent judgments in cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act not uniform.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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