POCSO Act

Cuttack: Orissa High Court Chief Justice Dr. Justice S. Muralidhar on Tuesday virtually inaugurated 57 Paperless Courts in Phase-III and 4 newly established Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) at Cuttack, Puri, Jajpur and Bhubaneswar to deal…

New Delhi: Asian Games gold medallist and one of the prominent faces of the wrestlers' protest against WFI chief, Vinesh Phogat on Thursday wondered if the country's daughters would get justice in this "atmosphere of fear and intimation".…

Baripada: A local court on Tuesday sentenced a 58-year-old man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Mayurbhanj district. District Fast Track Court Judge Durga Charan Mishra convicted Dulal Singh for raping a…

Karnataka: Police here have registered a first information report (FIR) against Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru on charges of sexual assault of minor girls. This is the second case filed against the seer under the Protection of Children…

Ranchi: Police here on Thursday said that sections of POCSO Act have been added in the Dumka case, in which a girl, later identified as a minor, was burnt alive by her alleged stalker. Earlier, the victim’s age was mentioned as 19 years…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the Bombay High Court verdict and said that “skin-to-skin” contact is not necessary for the offence of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.…

Cuttack: Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Dr S Muralidhar on Thursday inaugurated 15 fast track special courts dealing with cases under POCSO Act and rape cases through video-conferencing. The courts have been set up at Cuttack,…

New Delhi: In a bid to fulfill the long-standing vision of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) to achieve academic excellence in Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs), 120 EMRS teachers and principals from 3 states completed a 40…

Sambalpur: Police have arrested a man and forwarded him to court for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl at Kukerama village under Jharsuguda district. The accused Pradip Kisan (37) was arrested under POCSO Act. The minor girl was…

Berhampur: Police have arrested two miscreants for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl at Sorola village under Golanthara police limits in Ganjam district. Berhampur SP Pinak Mishra said the seven-year-old girl was brutally thrashed by…