POCSO Act

The Supreme Court on Tue...

Total 4,984 criminal cas...

The Allahabad High Court...

The Allahabad High Court...

The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging the Madras High Court's conviction of a teacher for the sexual assault on a student under the POCSO Act.

From the instructions received by the AGA, it is evident that the directions issued by the Court in Criminal Misc Bail Application reported at 2021 (6) ADJ 511 have not been complied with and the protection guaranteed to child victim under the POCSO Act read with Rules....

The Allahabad High Court...

Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition filed by Pramod Kumar Rajbhar said an application for a passport cannot be rejected due to the pendency of the appeal of the state.

The Allahabad High Court has reduced the jail sentence of a man convicted for sexually assaulting a child by controversially observing that oral sex does not fall within the category of “aggravated sexual assault” under POCSO.

As per a report of Praja Foundation, 99% of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in 2020 are pending trial. The delay is being attributed to factors like setting up of virtual courts during the pandemic and the unorganised police-court mechanism. There is, therefore, a need to understand the various agencies involved in the functioning of the POCSO Act and the issues and challenges faced by special courts due to which pendency has taken place.