Tag: Pocso Act

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Column: The Perils of ‘Instant Justice’

By Sandeep Sahu Such jubilation on the streets is seen only when Team India wins a major world cricket tournament like the World Cup. Sweets were exchanged, crackers burst and “Hyderabad police Zindabaad’ slogans rent the air across the country. In Hyderabad, scenes of people showering flowers on city police personnel were reminiscent of lawyers […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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Mumbai Man Jailed For Molesting Minor Actress In Flight

Mumbai: The Mumbai Sessions Court on Wednesday found a 41-year-old Mumbai man guilty of molesting a former minor actress on board a flight and slapped a three-year jail sentence on him, officials said. The incident occurred on a Delhi-Mumbai Air Vistara flight in December 2017, sparking off a national outrage, and the actress who was […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Odisha Tops In Child Pornography: Nayagarh Minor Murder Brings To Fore This Deeper Malaise
Odisha Tops In Child Pornography: Nayagarh Minor Murder Brings To Fore This Deeper Malaise

Bhubaneswar: When the senior IPS officer Arun Bothra mentioned all the grisly details about how the five-year old Nayagarh minor girl was murdered and raped, he also in the same breath talked about how the 18-year old accused was addicted to child pornography and how that has triggered this sickening Nayagarh episode. However, the popping […]

  • Wednesday, 07 April 2021
High Courts Should Restrain From Making Off-The-Cuff Remarks: SC
SC To Examine If Consensual Relationship Involving Minors Is Punishable Under POCSO Act

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a critical question whether minors indulging in consensual relationship could be tried under stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2021. A bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee sought response from Tamil Nadu government on a plea seeking clarity on the law for punishing […]

  • Thursday, 01 April 2021
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