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22 year-old arrested for stalking, assaulting teen dies at JJ hospital due
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The accused, identified as Arif Mehboob Qureshi was sent to judicial custody on September 20 by the police for assaulting and stalking a 16-year-old girl, the police said.
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Delhi HC issues guidelines for disbursal of compensation to victims of chi
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued guidelines to Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA) for disbursal of compensation to victims of child abuse in POCSO Cases.
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Thane Police begin investigation into killing of Badlapur accused in Polic
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
On the Badlapur sexual assault incident, Thane Police PRO Shailesh Salvi in a press conference on Tuesday said that a case was filed against the accused by his wife as well for which the special team had taken a transfer warrant
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Don't use term "child pornography", says SC; urges Parliament to amend POC
Updated : 1 year, 6 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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Maharashtra: Two separate chargesheets filed by SIT before special POCSO c
Updated : 1 year, 6 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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Karnataka HC adjourns hearing on Yediyurappa's plea in POCSO case to Sept
Updated : 1 year, 6 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, 6 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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"Information contained in your letter...is factually incorrect": Centre sl
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
"The information contained in your letter in this regard is factually incorrect and appears to be a step in the direction to cover up the delays in operationalising the FTSCs by the State," wrote Devi responding to Mamata Banerjee and urged the West Bengal government to implement the same
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Mumbai: 13-year-old girl molested, police arrest accused from Uttar Prades
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai police arrested one accused from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night for molestation of a 13-year-old minor girl on August 25 and was produced in the court on Thursday, MHB police said.
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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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