The Delhi High Court had held that an MLA was not covered under the definition of a public servant in the POCSO Act. The ...

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was legislated to protect minors from abuse, exploitation and predation. Its role as a strong legal shield for minor girls remains ...

The Bombay High Court has rapped the Kandivali Police on the knuckles for starting a POCSO case against a 15-year-old on the basis of a few messages she sent to a classmate. The teenager allegedly ...

New Delhi: The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, brought in 13 years ago as a stringent law to shield minors from sexual predators, is now being seen as one that is being ...

Quashing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act, the Allahabad High Court has observed that forcing a happily-married couple to face trial merely to record a hostile testimony would be an "irony of ...

The POCSO act is being being misused in cases of marital discord and consensual relationships between adolescents, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while stressing the need to spread awareness in ...

Child survivors of sexual assault in Tamil Nadu's POCSO courts face immense trauma, often encountering their abusers due to a lack of proper facilities. Many courts lack dedicated deposition rooms and ...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State committee member N. Haridas has said that the verdict in the Palathayi POCSO case will be challenged in the Supreme Court, alleging that the case was fabricated and ...

Having spent eight years in prison after being arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl, a 56-year-old man has been acquitted by the trial court citing “scanty evidence”. The statement of the ...