Protection of Children from Sexual Offences

The Allahabad High Court...

The Allahabad High Court...

The Meghalaya High Court...

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The division bench of Allahabad High Court observed that: "The prosecution failed to prove that the victim was last seen with the appellant. Also, there is no medical evidence against the appellant."

Justice Pushpa V Ganediwala, the additional judge of the Bombay High Court, whose ruling that skin-to-skin contact was necessary to invoke provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in a case of the sexual assault of a minor had sparked an uproar, and was later rescinded by the Supreme Court, will not be made a permanent judge.

New Delhi (ILNS): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report filed by PTC News – this is a Punjabi news channel – about the half-burnt body of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly raped.