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SC directs Centre, States to set up POCSO courts on top-priority basis
Updated : 10 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday has directed the Central government and all state governments to set up special courts to try POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) cases on a top-priority basis.
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Kerala madrasa teacher sentenced to 187 years for sexual assault of minor
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The verdict was pronounced by a POCSO court in Taliparamba on Tuesday.
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Madhya Pradesh: Man gets triple-death sentence for rape-murder of 5-yr-old
Updated : 12 months ago IST
The court also sentenced the convict's mother and sister for two years of rigorous imprisonment each for causing disappearance of evidence.
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Madhya Pradesh: Man gets triple-death sentence for rape of 6-yr-old girl i
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Additional Sessions Judge (II) and Special Judge (POCSO) Savita Jadia sentenced the accused Mangal Panwar (around 22 years) with triple death penalty separately under Sections 376 AB of IPC, section 5i/6 and section 5m/6 of POCSO Act. Additionally, Judge Jadia awarded rigorous imprisonment o
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"Nothing less than capital punishment...": CM Mamata welcomes death penalt
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A local court in Bengal's Murshidabad handed a death sentence to a rape convict and a life sentence to the other in the rape-murder case of a minor.
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Arunachal Pradesh: School warden sentenced to death for sexually abusing 2
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In a landmark judgment, the court in Yupia convicted three people in a high-profile case concerning the sexual abuse of 21 children from a government residential school in the Shi-Yomi district.
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Maharashtra: Two separate chargesheets filed by SIT before special POCSO c
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Special Investigation Team constituted for investigation into the Badlapur school sexual harassment cases with two minor girls has filed its charge sheets in a special POCSO court in Badlapur, police sources said.
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Indore court sentences 20-yr-old man to life imprisonment for raping minor
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A special POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) court in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has sentenced a 20-year-old man to life imprisonment for raping a minor and forcing her to have an abortion.
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MP: Court awards life imprisonment to 30-year-old man for kidnapping minor
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Additional Session Judge Tripti Pandey convicted the accused, Rahul Mehra, under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 364A and also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000.
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Cabinet approves continuation of centrally sponsored scheme for Fast Track
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The government's unwavering priority towards ensuring the safety and security of women and children is evident through several initiatives, such as the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme. Incidents involving the rape of girls and women have deeply impacted the nation.
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HC grants time to Centre, Delhi Govt on PIL to declare Hindi as language f
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The plea sought direction from the court to declare Hindi as the language for recording depositions by Criminal courts in Delhi including POCSO courts and the Juvenile Justice Boards and to amend the Delhi District Courts Establishment Rules, 2012, to include Hindi typewriting skills as an e
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MP: Special court sentences rape accused to 20 years of imprisonment in In
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The court of special judge (POCSO) Surekha Mishra convicted Sabir Khan to 20 years of imprisonment under IPC section 376 (3), 20 years of imprisonment under 5 (L)/6 POCSO Act, seven years of imprisonment under IPC section 450, seven years of jail under IPC section 506 and five years of impri
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