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Don't use term "child pornography", says SC; urges Parliament to amend POC
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday suggested the Parliament to bring a law amending the POCSO Act to replace the term "child pornography" with "child sexual exploitative and abusive material.".
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Karnataka HC adjourns hearing on Yediyurappa's plea in POCSO case to Sept
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Yediyurappa had filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in March this year.
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Madhya Pradesh: School teacher held for sexually harassing minor in Bhopal
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
"A complaint was filed in the Kamla Nagar police station regarding sexual harassment with a 3.5-year-old girl. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case against the accused under section 74 and 75 of Bharatiya Nyay Sahita (BNS) and POCSO act. The accused in the incident is the te
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Video recording of bail proceedings under SC/ST Act mandatory even in sexu
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court held that videography of bail hearings is mandatory under the Scheduled Castes and Schedules Tribes Act, even in sexual offences. The High Court was hearing a bail application of the accused in the Delhi minor rape and murder case.
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Badlapur minors' sexual assault case: Bombay HC suggests names for committ
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
During the hearing of the Badlapur minors' sexual assault case, the bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan suggested the names of retired IPS officer Meera Borwankar, former Bombay High Court Judge Sadhana Jadhav, and Shalini Phasalkar Joshi to form a committee to suggest
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Wrestlers Sexual Harrasment case: Brij Bhushan moves Delhi HC challenging
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Former Parliamentarian Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the ongoing trial court proceedings against him related to the Delhi Police FIR.
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Senior citizen arrested for allegedly raping 10-year-old girl in Pune
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The accused has been booked under relevant sections of the BNS and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Uttarakhand: All five accused in Dehradun minor gang rape case arrested
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ajay Singh, said that a case has been filed at Patel Nagar Police Station under the POCSO Act.The police are currently working to gather evidence against the accused.
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Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The special investigation team (SIT) for Badlapur sexual assault against minors has registered an FIR against the school authorities, for not complying with the provisions of section 19 of the POCSO Act which mandates that every authority when they come to know about any such kind of sexual
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"Girls said that they were harassed...": Principal of Maharashtra's Akola
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"There was a program in the school yesterday...After the program was over the teacher went to meet the students of class 7-8. Some 4-5 girls said that they were harassed, then we came to know about this, until then we were not aware of any such thing," the Principal of the school said.
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Karnataka: Girl attacked by fellow student in Puttur; police investigation
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
In a shocking incident in Puttur, Dakshina Kannada, a girl was assaulted by a fellow student who reportedly had a crush on her.
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Delhi court awards 15 years jail to priest for sexually assaulting boy
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Delhi's Tis Hazari court has awarded 15-year jail term to a priest for sexually assaulting a minor boy eight years ago. The court called the offence a crime against society at large.
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