The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses of the Centre Government on a plea seeking declaration as ultra vires the impugned Sections 19, 21 and 22 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 allegedly being against Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
The police further said that after the matter was reported to the police, a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered.
He further added that anyone who would have married to a girl under 14 years of age would be arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Justice, in association with UNICEF, will organize a two-day national consultation on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act of 2012 starting on Saturday, December 10.
On Tuesday, official sources at Tihar jail claimed that Rinku, the prisoner who was administering massage on Jain, was 'not a physiotherapist' but has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 for allegedly raping a minor.
The Tihar Jail official sources claimed that the prisoner, identified as Rinku, was "not a physiotherapist" and has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
Kerala High Court has held that marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The police registered a case at Lumding police station under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act after getting a complaint in this regard.
The complaint was without substance, said the police after the investigation of a complaint made by two schoolgirls of sexual harassment by a male teacher, based on which two women teachers were also booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the State of Bihar and others on a plea of a judicial officer challenging his suspension by the Patna High Court, presumably for delivering a series of quick judgements.