Protection Of Children From Sexual Offences
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High pendency of child sexual abuse cases render POCSO a toothless law: Uttar Pradesh accounts for 25% of all cases under the Act
Sonalkellogg •States like Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal continue to ignore Supreme Court's directive to set up Special POCSO Fast Track Courts (FTC) despite extremely high pendency rates. In some districts in these two states, there are over 1,000 POCSO cases pending for over one year.
Kerala Muslim cleric booked for sexually assaulting 15-year-old; accused lured her to Vithura forest, says police
•The incident in Kerala came to light after a group of local women confronted the cleric after seeing him with the school-going girl in the forest.
Centre intoduces amendments to POCSO Act in Lok Sabha: Bill to include death penalty for aggravated sexual assault on children
•The POCSO Act defines child as any person below the age of 18 years and the amendments are aimed at discouraging the trend of child sexual abuse by acting as a deterrent.
Delhi teen sexually assaulted by classmate in school washroom; accused allegedly told two others to video-record act
•The teen girl's classmate allegedly kissed her inside the washroom of the school and asked two of his friends to record the act
Cabinet approves amendments to POCSO Act, introduces death penalty for aggravated sexual offences
•The government has approved amendments to the POCSO Act and introduced stringent measures to check the circulation of child pornography and administration of hormones to children to attain early sexual maturity.
‘Even if my community disowns me, I want justice’: Advocate Deepika Rajawat speaks on Kathua case, fighting abuse and hatred
Neeradp •Advocate Deepika Rajawat who will receive Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice on Sunday, speaks about the challenges she has faced since taking up the Kathua rape and murder case and why people who have been naming sexual harassers under the #MeToo campaign must approach the authorities
Madhya Pradesh: Juvenile board sentences 14-year-old boy to two years in remand home in Seoni district for raping minor girl
•The court ordered to send the boy to a remand home in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district for serving the sentence.
Man gets 7 years rigorous imprisonment for raping minor, handed fine of Rs 30,000 by POCSO judge PP Jadhav
•The victim discovered that she was pregnant two months after the incident. Mulani forced her to take pregnancy termination pills, causing a miscarriage.
In Chennai, Child Welfare Committee struggles to stay afloat, with no chairperson for five years
Divya Karthikeyan •The CWC in Chennai has not had a chairperson for five years, and has only three members, as opposed to five.
Monsoon Session of Parliament: India' first comprehensive anti-trafficking bill introduced in Lok Sabha
•India' first comprehensive anti-trafficking bill seeking to deal with the crime from the point of prevention, protection and rehabilitation was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.