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CWC’s orders must prioritize child’s best interests over personal moral values; Kerala High Court grants custody of infant to breastfeeding mother

“Judged by moral standards of the CWC members, the petitioner may not be a good person, but that does not make her a bad mother.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs DGP to identify cases involving consensual relationship amongst pending POCSO cases; Discontinues two-finger test and potency test

If consensual relationship cases are segregated from the pending cases, it will be easy to deal with them and in appropriate cases, the Court can also exercise its jurisdiction and quash the proceedings, if the proceedings are ultimately going to be against the interest and future of the children involved in those cases and it is found to be an abuse of process of Court.

Case Briefs High Courts

No presumption of rape can be made out between minor wife and husband if physical relationship is specifically denied: Allahabad High Court

Mazid Bayan is also a part of investigation, and it can be relied on by Investigating Officer while filing a final report/ charge sheet and only caveat is that it may not be a tutored statement or recorded only for the purpose of predetermined object to continue investigation in a particular way and it may not be on whimsical approach of Investigating Officer.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NHRC calls for action against dilapidated condition of a District Child Protection Office in Chennai

The National Human Rights Commission recently called State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu and other authorities to act upon the dilapidated condition of District Child Protection Office, Royapuram.