SC issues notice to Centre on plea for stricter measures against crimes targeting women, children, including proposals for clinical castration and safety reforms.
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Supreme Court of India observes that it recognizes that pregnancy can also be experienced by some non-binary people and transgender men.
Hymen tear or genital injuries are not a sine qua non to prove penetrative sexual assault, the Guwahati High Court has held in a case under the POCSO Act, 2012.
Delhi High Court reiterates that to uphold the presumption of guilt under Section 29 of the POCSO Act, the prosecution must prove the foundational facts beyond reasonable doubt.
The Delhi High Court has reduced the sentence from 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to 12 years in a case where a 28-year-old man was convicted for committing 'digital rape' on a 4-year-old girl chil...
The Kerala High Court has declined to allow the abortion of a 30-week pregnancy borne by a 14-year-old rape survivor despite it being statutory rape under the POCSO Act.
Supreme Court stays criminal proceedings against a priest booked under Section 295A IPC for remarks claiming Christianity as the only true religion.
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