POCSO| Is investigation of disclosure of victim’s identity permissible without Magistrate’s permission? SC gives split verdict
Supreme Court: The bench of Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari, JJ has given split verdict on the issue as to whether the
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Stories of sexual assault of a minor, woman travelling in public transport experiencing inappropriate touch and how children below 12 years of age are ‘asexual’ | Read 7 Legal Stories of the week
Here are our interesting Picks from the stories reported this week: People using cyberspace to vent out anger and frustration by travestying
Touching ‘bum’ of a minor girl will be sexual assault punished under S. 10 of POCSO Act? POCSO Court explains
Special Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Fort, Greater Bombay: Expressing that, the sexual intention is the state
82 Reports from 21 High Courts: Hijab Row, Uphaar Case, Child Custody Battles, Drug Menace and more | February RoundUp 2022
82 reports on High Court Judgments to read from February 2022. Allahabad High Court Bail 22-year-old woman, burnt and buried due to
Children less than 12 years of age are “asexual” and normally take time to recognize that disguised love, affection or warmth by perpetrator is sinful: Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi
Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi: Dharmesh Sharma, Principal District & Sessions Judge, found a 28-year-old man guilty of committing aggravated penetrative sexual assault
Every common woman travelling in public transport have experienced incidents of inappropriate touch by male gender, but ignored: Is this the reason why such assaults go unreported? Read detailed decision on one such incident
Court of Special Judge under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Fort Greater Mumbai: Expressing that essence of a
11 Legal Stories of the Week: From Hijab ban to a Sexual Harassment complaint from an employee in ScoopWhoop & more
Let’s have a look at the most interesting legal stories reported this week on the SCC Online Blog from High Courts, Foreign
7 Legal Stories of the Week: From High Courts to District Courts
“One of the basic tenets to be followed by every Hindu is tolerance. Tolerance must be his own community or religion and
POCSO Offenders Deserve No Leniency; “A Message Must Be Conveyed To The Society At Large”: SC
Supreme Court: In a case where a 65-year-old man committed aggravated penetrative sexual assault on his 4-year-old neighbor, the bench of MR
3-year old raped and strangulated to death; Read why Supreme Court commuted Death Sentence to life imprisonment
Supreme Court: In a case where a 3 year old girl was raped and strangulated to death, the 3-judge Bench of L.
Media Trial, Sexual Assault, Judicial Over-Reach, Hate Speech, COVID-19 Updates and much more covered in over 90 topics | Bombay High Court’s Year-End Roundup 2021
Let’s sail into these 124 Judgments carefully selected and briefed in the year 2021.
SL CoA | Is it practically impossible to commit Rape without committing Grave Sexual Abuse? Court discusses
Court of Appeal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: The Division Bench of K Priyantha Fernando and Sampath B Abayakoon,
‘Sexual perversity is a social menace’: Cal HC upholds order of framing charges against Stepfather; Lays guidelines for effective protection of child victim’s identity under POCSO Act
Calcutta High Court: While expressing that, Sexual perversity is not only a personal disease, but also a social menace; The act itself
‘Purpose of POCSO Act is to treat minors as a class by itself so that an attempt to abuse minor entails graver consequences’: Del HC stresses upon purpose of POCSO Act
Delhi High Court: While observing that, rape is an offence which not only violates the physical body of the survivor but is
Clarified | Difference between ‘FIR’ & ‘Zero FIR’: Woman alleged to have been kept as a hostage and repetitively raped, approached police station but PS GTB Enclave denied filing an FIR || Read Del HC’s decision
Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., expressed that, “…it is unfortunate that institutions that are supposed to protect the life and liberty
Rape, Murder of Ragpicker: Merely because crime is heinous and brutal, it won’t be just to get carried away sans any legal proof to substantiate charges [Detailed decision of Bom HC]
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Sadhana S. Jadhav and Prithviraj K. Chavan, JJ., while addressing an alleged rape and murder
POCSO | Putting penis into mouth will fall under which category – Aggravated Sexual Assault or Penetrative Sexual Assault? All HC answers
Allahabad High Court: Anil Kumar Ojha, J., while addressing a matter of child sexual assault, expressed that, Putting penis into the mouth
POCSO| “Touch”, “physical contact” can’t be restricted to “skin to skin contact”; “sexual intent” is the key. SC reverses Bombay HC’s “dangerous precedent”
“The reasoning in the High Court’s judgment quite insensitively trivializes – indeed legitimizes – an entire range of unacceptable behaviour which undermines a child’s dignity and autonomy, through unwanted intrusions.”
Telangana HC | Mother allows her live-in partner to sexually assault minor daughter continuously: Bail application rejected
Telangana High Court: G. Sri Devi, J., rejected a bail application on noting the fact that a minor girl was continuously sexually
Madras HC | Schools to keep a complaint box to make victims complain about sexual assault freely
Madras High Court: P. Velmurugan, J., directs Schools to keep a complaint box to make the victims complain about the sexual assault