Taking another giant leap forward in the field of legal interpretation, the Delhi High Court, in a significant ruling, held that even a woman can be booked as the perpetrator of child sexual abuse and the law cannot be given a “restrictive meaning”
Advocate Umesh Babu Chaurasia demanded that an FIR be registered against Mr Gandhi under Sections 228A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; 74 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015; and 23 of the POCSO Act, 2012, for disclosing the identity of the child
The Delhi High Court issued notice to Delhi Government, Delhi High Court and DCPCR on the plea seeking directions to take appropriate steps for eradication of child begging in the city, and slated the matter for September 27, 2021.