For over a decade, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, has served as India’s dedicated law against child sexual abuse. As families invoke it to oppose under-18 consensual ...

A 28-year-old man in Thane district has been accused of flashing at a 13-year-old girl. The alleged incident took place on March 14 in Bhiwandi. A case has been filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and ...

Meghalaya High Court permits quashing of POCSO cases by consent in exceptional situations.

This is not a dialogue but harsh reality of our Indian legal system which fails to change itself as per the evolving society.

A Mumbai court denied a housing society treasurer's plea to be discharged from charges related to sharing a video of a ...

A 38-year-old man in Dokati, Shashi Singh, was arrested for allegedly committing an assault on his minor nephew. The incident ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused all trial proceedings against former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa in a sexual harassment case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual ...

The hearing on the petition filed by Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in the Prayagraj POCSO Court has been adjourned.

“Life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience” wrote Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr in The Common Law (1881) and this is a reality that continues to guide the modern criminal ...

The Madras High Court set aside a POCSO conviction, stating that young boys face unjust legal consequences in consensual ...

An Indian Air Force personnel has been acquitted of molestation charges after his sister-in-law admitted her allegations ...

Chandigarh: Observing that the law must act as an "unwavering shield" when the innocence of a child is violated, the Punjab and Haryana high court has refused bail to an accused in a Pocso case. The ...