What are the important factors which can take away the rigor of ingredients pertaining to S. 375 and S. 376 of IPC? Karnataka High Court answers
Karnataka High Court observed that consent of a woman on a promise to marry is always an enigma.
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Delhi High Court permits extradition of a German national to face trial for sexual offences against children under the German Criminal Code
The Delhi High Court upheld the order of ACMM for extradition of a German national to the Government of Federal Republic of Germany to face trial for sexual offences against children under the German Criminal Code.
False implication in sexual offences is on a rise, thus inordinate delay in lodging FIR has to be considered at the time of adjudicating bail: Allahabad High Court grants bail to persons accused of Rape
Allahabad High Court granted bail to persons accused of Rape after considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by the parties, the evidence on record, the inordinate delay in lodging of the FIR by the informant and the fact that the trial is at its conclusive end,
Courts should urge the police to investigate in sexual offences against women; Allahabad High Court reiterates
The legislation in its own wisdom have planned to use the state machinery to investigate into all those offences, in which the women are poor victims of the atrocities committed by male.
Non-reporting of POCSO offence despite knowledge a serious offence; Bombay High Court’s quashment of FIR against accused Medical Practitioner unfortunate: SC
“Non-reporting of sexual assault against a minor child despite knowledge is a serious crime and more often than not, it is an attempt to shield the offenders of the crime of sexual assault.”
Bombay HC invokes principles of repatriation and restoration, and grants bail to a juvenile accused of gangrape
Bombay High Court: In deciding the instant bail application filed by a juvenile applicant by invoking Section 12 of Juvenile Justice (Care
Kar HC | Teacher aged 55 years harassed a student on separate occasions, booked under POCSO, released on bail
Karnataka High Court: H.P. Sandesh, J. allowed the petition and granted bail to the petitioner in connection with a crime registered in
Ban the practice of two-finger test on victims of sexual offences by medical professionals: Madras HC to State
Madras High Court: Stating that two-finger test cannot be permitted to be continued, the Division Bench of R. Subramanian and N. Sathish
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
Legal Safeguards for Transgenders from Sexual Offences: The Need of the Hour
by Charvi Devprakash†
P&H HC |“Grisly and frightful! One can only hope it is fictitious”; HC calls it insensitive and deplorable to constitute all men SIT to investigate Rape allegation
Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Bench of Arun Monga, J., expressed disbelief on how an all men SIT could be deployed
No more asking sexual offence survivor to tie Rakhi or get married to the accused; Supreme Court calls for gender sensitisation of judges and lawyers [Read Directions]
“Judges play – at all levels – a vital role as teachers and thought leaders. It is their role to be impartial in words and action, at all times. If they falter, especially in gender related crimes, they imperil fairness and inflict great cruelty in the casual blindness to the despair of the survivors.”
1023 Fast Track Special Courts will be set up for Speedy disposal of Rape and POCSO Act Cases
National Mission for Safety of Women Incidents of rape and gang rape of minor girls below the age of twelve years and
NHRC expresses deep concern over rising incidents of sexual assault
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has expressed serious concern over the rising incidents of sexual assault and, taking suo motu
SC issues directions for protection of identity of victims of rape and sexual offences; need for victim friendly trial stressed upon
Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ. laid down directions and threw light in a very
POCSO Special Courts must devise methods to protect identity of child abuse victim during investigation and trial
Sikkim High Court: While deciding the present appeal wherein the appellant convicted under the POCSO Act, prayed before the Court for his