Courts have held varying views while judging cases of consensual adolescent relationships. POCSO Act criminalising ‘normal behaviour’ in many cases, say stakeholders.
She was trafficked from Siliguri aged 11-12 yrs & forced into sex work. Trafficking or rape survivors often bury their worst memories & can feel favourably inclined to a kinder abuser.
Court rules minors lack legal capacity for live-in ties, cites POCSO & child marriage laws. It stresses welfare over choice, and directs custody to parents or guardians for protection.
When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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