SC Issues Notices On Plea Seeking CBI Investigation On Reports Of Minors Being Detained And Tortured In Police Custody In UP & Delhi [Read Application]
4 years, 11 months ago

SC Issues Notices On Plea Seeking CBI Investigation On Reports Of Minors Being Detained And Tortured In Police Custody In UP & Delhi [Read Application]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and the state governments of UP and Delhi against the manner in which they have been dealing with the welfare of and the conditions under which children in conflict with law are kept. The order has been passed in a miscellaneous application moved by Amicus Curiae Aparna Bhat, in the case titled InRe: Exploitation of Children in Orphanages in State of Tamil Nadu v. Union of India, calling attention to the manner in which UP and Delhi police have detained and tortured minors in police stations. In the said case, the Supreme Court had vide order dated December 5, 2018, directed the central government to institutionalize the process of data collection of children in institutions and to ensure that regular reports are generated which contribute to the protection of the rights of children. Bhat has contended that despite these directions, children are reported to have been treated poorly, bordering on severe abuse in many child care institutions across the country and the government has till date not given her a copy of the aforementioned report, even though more than 14 months have passed since the directions. She has alleged, based on certain media reports, that as many as 8 minors were detained and denied medical attention by the Delhi Police, in the Daryaganj Police Station on the night of December 20, 2019, during the anti-CAA protests.

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Karnataka: Teacher held for raping minor student in Yadrami town
1 month ago

Karnataka: Teacher held for raping minor student in Yadrami town

India TV News  

Karnataka: A private school teacher was arrested for allegedly raping a minor student in Yadrami town, police said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a local court in Balasore district on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for abducting and raping a minor girl in 2022. Special POCSO judge Ranjan Kumar Sutar, relying upon 22 witnesses and 40 exhibits, …

Kerala: Three shelter home caretakers arrested for assaulting toddler, injuries to genitals found
1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala: Three shelter home caretakers arrested for assaulting toddler, injuries to genitals found

India TV News  

Kerela police have detained three caretakers of a child welfare home in Thiruvananthapuram on charges of assaulting a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. The arrests were made after the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare filed a complaint accusing the trio of injuring the child as punishment for bedwetting causing injuries to her genitals. Reports indicate the child was frequently punished for bedwetting, …

Kerala High Court denies bail to cop accused of raping minor Dalit girl
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court denies bail to cop accused of raping minor Dalit girl

India Today  

The Kerala High Court denied bail to a police officer, accused of raping a 14-year-old school girl two years ago on Children’s Day, saying he committed a “heinous offence”. The judge, Justice K Babu, denied the bail petition of the officer, who at the time of the rape was a Student Police Cadet instructor at the victim’s school. In his …

No 'Illegal' Detention: Gujarat High Court Rejects Pakistani Father's Plea For Custody Of Minor Son Brought To India By Mother
2 months ago

No 'Illegal' Detention: Gujarat High Court Rejects Pakistani Father's Plea For Custody Of Minor Son Brought To India By Mother

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has rejected a plea filed by a Pakistani man seeking custody of his 4-year-old son, who allegedly was brought to India by his mother. In its judgement, a division bench comprising Justices Sangeeta K Vishen and Sanjeev J Thaker observed, “The minor Azlaan aged 4 years, is in the custody of his mother and hence, it …

Court Convicts Man for Kidnapping and Forcing Minors to Beg
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Court Convicts Man for Kidnapping and Forcing Minors to Beg

Deccan Chronicle  

A Delhi court has convicted a man for kidnapping a 11-year-old girl. The court found that there was no reason to disbelieve the testimony of the prosecution witnesses, who claimed that the accused kidnapped the girl to force her into begging. The court convicted the accused of kidnapping and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Arunachal rape-molestation case: Death sentence for prime accused, 20 years RI for two others
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Arunachal rape-molestation case: Death sentence for prime accused, 20 years RI for two others

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: A special POCSO court at Yupia in Arunachal Pradesh awarded death sentence to the prime accused and 20 years of rigorous imprisonment to two others in a 2022 case of alleged rape and molestation of 21 minor students. ‘Shocked’ that a Special Court in Arunachal granted bail to the prime accused, the Gauhati High Court had in July last …

Supreme Court slams child rights body NCPCR: 'Don't drag us in your agenda'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court slams child rights body NCPCR: 'Don't drag us in your agenda'

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights over its petition seeking a Special Investigation Team probe into cases of children allegedly sold by shelter homes in Jharkhand of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa. The apex court said that the child rights body was empowered to conduct enquiry and take …

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

No lesson learnt from Nirbhaya, juvenile accused being treated ‘too leniently’: Madhya Pradesh HC

The Hindu  

Juvenile accused are being treated “rather too leniently” in the country and the legislature has still not learnt any lessons from the “horrors of Nirbhaya”, the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed while refusing to grant any relief to a rape convict, who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. “This court is …

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

"Juveniles Treated Too Leniently In This Country, Legislature Has Still Not Learnt Any Lessons From Horrors Of Nirbhaya": MP High Court

Live Law  

While upholding the conviction of a juvenile for rape of a four-year-old girl, the Madhya Pradesh High Court lamented the "lenient" laws in the country so far as juvenile offenders are concerned. Justice Subodh Abhyankar sitting at Indore observed, “Court is once again at pains to observe that juveniles in this country are being treated rather too leniently, and that …

Man sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Man sentenced to 30-year imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl

The Hindu  

The District and Sessions Court in Kalaburagi has sentenced Shamrao Chikkanagaon, a resident of Kamalapur taluk in Kalaburagi district, to 30 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. As per details provided by Shanthaveer B. Tuppad, public prosecutor in the case, the accused on January 5, 2023, sexually abused the minor with a promise of marriage and threatened to …

Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Badlapur assault case: SIT registers FIR against school authorities

Op India  

The special investigation team for Badlapur sexual assault against minors has registered an FIR against the school authorities, for not complying with the provisions of section 19 of the POCSO Act which mandates that every authority when they come to know about any such kind of sexual assault against minors are obligated to report this to police authorities for further …

Badlapur minors' alleged sexual assault case: FIR registered against school authorities
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Badlapur minors' alleged sexual assault case: FIR registered against school authorities

India TV News  

The Special Investigation Team probing the sexual assault case involving minors at a school in Badlapur has registered an FIR against the school authorities. The FIR was filed for failing to comply with Section 19 of the POCSO Act, which mandates that any authority aware of a sexual assault against minors must report it to the police. The Bombay High …

Badlapur sexual assault case: ‘Did you register any case against the school?’ Bombay HC asks girls
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Badlapur sexual assault case: ‘Did you register any case against the school?’ Bombay HC asks girls

Live Mint  

Amid violent protests in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the alleged sexual assault of two girls at a school in Badlapur. ‘Accused will be severely punished.,’ says Piyush Goyal Union Minister and BJP MP from North Mumbai, Piyush Goyal said, “The accused should be severely punished and strict action should be taken at the …

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC delivers split verdict on legality of detention of 'Savukku' Shankar under Goondas Act

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Friday delivered a split verdict on the legality of the detention of jailed YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar under the Goondas Act in the wake of his arrest in five different cases including the ones relating to denigrating women police personnel in an interview and possession of ganja. Justice GR Swaminathan, who was presiding the division …

13-year-old raped by her senior at govt school in Andhra: Cops
7 months, 2 weeks ago

13-year-old raped by her senior at govt school in Andhra: Cops

Hindustan Times  

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her senior at a government school in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district last week, police on Thursday said, adding that the 15-year-old accused has been detained. The incident took place in the school located in Mandavilli town on May 15 but came to light after the survivor’s parents filed a police complaint. Four men, …

Over 9,600 children wrongfully incarcerated in adult prisons in India: Study
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Over 9,600 children wrongfully incarcerated in adult prisons in India: Study

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Children in India are being wrongfully incarcerated with approximately 9,681 children found to have been wrongly held in adult facilities over six years from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2021, a study by indian civil society organisation ‘iProBono’ has revealed. According to the study revealed on Saturday in Delhi, it obtained responses from 50% of the total …

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested
8 months ago

Minor raped for months, impregnated in Karnataka's Hubballi, 19-year-old arrested

India Today  

A 19-year-old man was arrested on charges of raping a minor girl for months and impregnating her in Karnataka's Hubballi. According to the police, the accused allegedly raped the 17-year-old girl several times between January 1, this year, until May 3. "Acting on the complaint, we registered a case and arrested the accused and are ensuring all further police action …

Minor's Sexual Assault Case: SC Refuses Bail To Wife Of Suspended Delhi Govt Officer
8 months, 1 week ago

Minor's Sexual Assault Case: SC Refuses Bail To Wife Of Suspended Delhi Govt Officer

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant bail to the wife of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha, who allegedly raped a minor girl several times and impregnated her. A bench of justices C T Ravikumar and S V N Bhatti dismissed the plea of the official’s wife Seema Rani and said it was not inclined to interfere with …

"Right To Life Guaranteed To Everyone": Punjab & Haryana High Court On Protection Plea By Minor In Live-In Relationship
8 months, 1 week ago

"Right To Life Guaranteed To Everyone": Punjab & Haryana High Court On Protection Plea By Minor In Live-In Relationship

Live Law  

Observing that merely because petitioners are not of marriageable age it "would not deprive" them of their fundamental rights, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed to send a minor girl to the children's home, who was seeking protection from her relatives along with her 19-year-old live-in partner.While directing to send her to the children's home, the Court said …

Madhya Pradesh: Three detained in connection with rape of 11-year-old tribal girl in Alirajpur
8 months, 1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh: Three detained in connection with rape of 11-year-old tribal girl in Alirajpur

India TV News  

The Madhya Pradesh Police announced on Sunday that three individuals had been detained in connection with the alleged rape of an 11-year-old tribal girl in Alirajpur district. The horrifying incident took place on Friday as the girl was returning home with two friends after attending a wedding. Providing further details, Sub-Divisional Officer of Police Neeraj Namdeo explained that the crime …

Excise scam: Delhi court reserves order on CBI’s plea seeking Kavitha’s 5-day custody
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Excise scam: Delhi court reserves order on CBI’s plea seeking Kavitha’s 5-day custody

The Hindu  

The Rouse Avenue Court on Friday, April 12, 2024 reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation ‘ plea to take Bharat Rashtriya Samiithi leader K. Kavitha, arrested in connection with a corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, for five-day police custody. Ms. Kavitha was produced was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court after her …

Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Calcutta High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of Plea Seeking 'Protection' For Women In Violence-Affected Sandeshkhali

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused urgent hearing for a plea seeking orders for the 'protection of women residents' of Sandeshkhali, West Bengal, amidst allegations of sexual violence faced by them from certain miscreants allegedly belonging to the ruling dispensation.Live Law had earlier reported on a suo moto motion taken up by the Calcutta High Court regarding the aforesaid …

Karnataka: Youth arrested for impregnating minor cousin in Kalaburagi district
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Youth arrested for impregnating minor cousin in Kalaburagi district

India TV News  

Karnataka crime news: Karnataka Police have arrested a youth under the POCSO Act for impregnating his minor cousin, a class 10 student, who delivered a baby boy last month. Taking serious note of the development, the local education department has suspended the principal and warden of a government residential school in Kalaburgai district for negligence. The police said that the …

Delhi HC Flags Rising Kidnapping Cases Of Minor Girls Subjected To Sexual Assault Under Guise Of Marriage, Forced To Abandon Studies
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi HC Flags Rising Kidnapping Cases Of Minor Girls Subjected To Sexual Assault Under Guise Of Marriage, Forced To Abandon Studies

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has flagged rising incidents of kidnapping of minor girls, who are subjected to sexual assault under the guise of marriage, as a result of which they are forced to abandon studies and denied opportunity to pursue careers. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that when a girl is forced to abandon her education due to such incidents, …

‘Police Immediate Protector Of Citizens’: Orissa High Court Pulls-Up Police Officer For Misbehaving With Parents Of Kidnapped Minor Girl
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Police Immediate Protector Of Citizens’: Orissa High Court Pulls-Up Police Officer For Misbehaving With Parents Of Kidnapped Minor Girl

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court recently reprimanded a police officer for allegedly misbehaving with the parents of a kidnapped minor girl. While passing order to the said officer to behave in a ‘dignified manner’, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash observed, “Insensitive behaviour on the part of police personnel is not at all acceptable, especially …

Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Police Inaction In Case Over Rape Of 10-Yr-Old Visually-Impaired Child At Children’s Home
1 year, 3 months ago

Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Police Inaction In Case Over Rape Of 10-Yr-Old Visually-Impaired Child At Children’s Home

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the State to file a status report in a plea concerning the rape of a ten year-old visually-impaired girl at a blind-school and children’s home in Haridevpur, on the 8th of September. State Counsel submitted that a status report had been prepared, sufficient steps had been taken, and persons had been arrested. It …

DCW Issues Notice to Police, Seeks Info on Sexual Assault Case of Minor Girl on School Bus
1 year, 4 months ago

DCW Issues Notice to Police, Seeks Info on Sexual Assault Case of Minor Girl on School Bus

News 18  

The Delhi Commission for Women on Saturday said it has issued a notice to the Rohini deputy commissioner of police, seeking information about the action taken in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a six-year-old girl on a private school bus. The mother of the girl has informed that on August 23, when her daughter’s school bus dropped her …

Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Minor's Rape Allegedly By Delhi Govt's WCD Official
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Minor's Rape Allegedly By Delhi Govt's WCD Official

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a minor girl's rape allegedly by an official of Delhi government’s Women and Child Development Department.Premoday Khakha is accused of raping the minor over several months and impregnating her. The Delhi High Court on Monday took suo motu cognizance of a minor girl's rape allegedly by an official of …

Delhi govt official accused of raping, impregnating deceased friend’s minor daughter detained with wife
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi govt official accused of raping, impregnating deceased friend’s minor daughter detained with wife

Firstpost  

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday, sacked Khakha who worked as a deputy director in the Women and Child Development department in the Delhi government Senior Delhi government official Premoday Khakha has been detained by the Delhi Police for allegedly raping and impregnating his deceased friend’s minor daughter for several months. pic.twitter.com/WN7YSqEi5E — ANI August 21, 2023 Earlier in the …

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Juvenile Justice Board's Decision To Try Child As Adult Must Be Transparent And Fair: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

Owing to several procedural lapses by the Juvenile Justice Board, Yavatmal, the Bombay High Court ordered re-adjudication of a plea to try two juveniles as adults in the case of a gang-rape of a minor girl. Justice GA Sanap at the Nagpur bench noted that the JJB’s roznama didn’t specify if the juveniles or their advocates were even given a …

Delhi High Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Teacher Accused Of Raping His Student
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Rejects Bail Plea Of Teacher Accused Of Raping His Student

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has rejected the bail plea of a teacher who has been accused of repeatedly raping his minor student and threatening to make video-recording of it viral. “The court cannot also ignore the fact that since the petitioner and the prosecutrix were interacting as teacher and student, the alleged offence, if it comes to be proved during …

13-yr-old boy detained for sexually assaulting minor girl in Kolkata
1 year, 7 months ago

13-yr-old boy detained for sexually assaulting minor girl in Kolkata

India Today  

Kolkata Police has detained a 13-year-old boy for sexually assaulting a minor girl. The accused minor boy, who lives in a hostel at North Kolkata’s Bagh Bazar, has been sent to 14 days of home detention by the Juvenile Justice Board. On Friday, at around 4 pm, the accused boy said to have sexually assaulted a minor girl, who was …

CBI files charge sheet against TN man arrested for sexually assaulting children
1 year, 7 months ago

CBI files charge sheet against TN man arrested for sexually assaulting children

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet against a 35-year-old person from Tamil Nadu who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting eight children aged between 5 and 18, officials said. In its charge sheet filed recently before a POCSO court in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur, the CBI alleged that the accused was sexually abusing a child for the …

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted in Delhi, Juvenile Accused Detained
1 year, 8 months ago

Minor Girl Sexually Assaulted in Delhi, Juvenile Accused Detained

News 18  

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a boy in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri area, police said on Sunday. The police said the victim was playing in the street on Saturday when the accused took her to a vacant house near a park close to his residence and allegedly sexually assaulted her. The victim returned home and narrated the incident …

14-year-old detained for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old in Ghaziabad
1 year, 8 months ago

14-year-old detained for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old in Ghaziabad

Hindustan Times  

A 14-year-old boy has been detained on Friday for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old boy in a village in the Muradnagar area of Ghaziabad. Nimish Patil, assistant commissioner of police- Masuri, Ghaziabad, said, “According to the family members of the five year old boy, the suspect, who lived in the neighbourhood, is said to have taken their son to a …

Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day
1 year, 8 months ago

Hyderabad Gang Rape: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Magistrate's Decision To Try Juvenile As Adult, Says Entire Assessment Done In One Day

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has set aside the order of a Magistrate to try a juvenile as an adult in the Jubilee Hills gang rape case.In June 2022, five minors and one major accused were arrested for the gang rape of a 17 years old girl in a car in Jubilee Hills area near Hyderabad. The Telangana High Court has …

MP: Mentally unwell teen raped, impregnated in Indore facility for specially-abled
1 year, 11 months ago

MP: Mentally unwell teen raped, impregnated in Indore facility for specially-abled

India TV News  

In a heart-wrenching incident, a mentally unwell teen was raped in a facility for the specially-abled in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. The mother of the victim filed a complaint on Thursday night following which the police have been on the case to nab the unidentified accused, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sampat Upadhyay said. The accused has been charged under Indian Penal …

If Child Works Voluntarily Then Sections 75 & 79 Of Juvenile Justice Act Do Not Apply: Telangana High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

If Child Works Voluntarily Then Sections 75 & 79 Of Juvenile Justice Act Do Not Apply: Telangana High Court

Live Law  

In a recent order, Justice K. Surender of Telangana High Court held that where a juvenile who works voluntarily, Sections 75 and 79 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 do not apply. The facts of the case were that the volunteer in District Child Protection Unit, Medchal District along with team deployed for operation Muskan conducted search for rescuing children …

Minor girl gang-raped for over 12 hours in Maharashtra, 8 arrested
2 years ago

Minor girl gang-raped for over 12 hours in Maharashtra, 8 arrested

India Today  

A minor girl was raped by eight men at a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The incident occurred during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, in which the accused raped the girl at an unoccupied bungalow in their beach village before taking her to the seashore, where they again …

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Getting An Impression That Leniency Towards Juvenile Offenders Is Emboldening Them To Indulge In Heinous Crimes : Supreme Court

Live Law  

We have started gathering an impression that the leniency with which the juveniles are dealt with in the name of goal of reformation is making them more and more emboldened in indulging in such heinous crimes, the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment seting aside the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court …

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile
2 years, 1 month ago

Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gang-rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile and now can be tried afresh as an adult for the offences. The top court also held that medical opinion regarding the age of an accused cannot be brushed …

Karnataka: Fresh case against Murugha Mutt pontiff under Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 2 months ago

Karnataka: Fresh case against Murugha Mutt pontiff under Juvenile Justice Act

Hindustan Times  

The Chitradurga rural police in Karnataka on Wednesday registered a fresh FIR against Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Mutt erstwhile pontiff, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana and four others under the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly keeping orphan children at the mutt without informing officials for years, officials said. Sri Jagadguru Murugharajendra Mutt erstwhile pontiff, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharana is currently in jail for allegedly …

Uttar Pradesh: Eight polytechnic students get life sentence for gang-raping minor
2 years, 3 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: Eight polytechnic students get life sentence for gang-raping minor

Firstpost  

All the accused were aged between 20 and 24 at the time of the incident and were students of polytechnic. An FIR was registered under relevant section of the IPC and POCSO Act Jhansi: A court here awarded life imprisonment to eight students of a government polytechnic institute for raping a minor girl two years ago. Special Public Prosecutor Vijay …

Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Amendment to Juvenile Justice Act
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea Challenging Amendment to Juvenile Justice Act

News 18  

The Supreme Court Monday sought a response from the Centre to a plea challenging the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 by which certain categories of offences against children have been made non-cognizable. The top court was hearing a plea filed by Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights challenging the amendment made to the Juvenile Justice Act, …

Seeking minor's confession of crime unconstitutional, declares Delhi High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Seeking minor's confession of crime unconstitutional, declares Delhi High Court

Firstpost  

The high court was hearing a criminal reference relating to the issuance of guidelines to be followed by Juvenile Justice Boards in conducting preliminary assessments before sending a minor for trial as an adult New Delhi: Seeking a confession about an alleged crime committed by a juvenile is unconstitutional as a “presumption is raised at the pre-trial stage itself that …

'Education cannot be discontinued': Bombay HC grants bail to juvenile accused of gang-raping minor
2 years, 4 months ago

'Education cannot be discontinued': Bombay HC grants bail to juvenile accused of gang-raping minor

India Today  

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man who was arrested in a gang-rape case two years ago when he was a juvenile, noting that he has responded positively to the rehabilitative efforts. With the principle of ‘presumption of innocence’ incorporated in Section 3 of the Juvenile Justice Act, he is presumed to be innocent till he is …

Seer accused of sexually abusing minor girls arrested in Karnataka
2 years, 4 months ago

Seer accused of sexually abusing minor girls arrested in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

CHITRADURGA : Chief pontiff of Murugha Math Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of high school girls and sent to judicial custody for 14 days, police said. He was taken into custody by the police following an interrogation, sources said soon after the arrest on Thursday, adding that due procedures were followed later in the night. The …

Karnataka Lingayat seer accused of raping minor arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody
2 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka Lingayat seer accused of raping minor arrested, sent to 14-day judicial custody

India Today  

Accused of raping minor girls, Lingayat seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act by the Karnataka Police and sent to 14-day judicial custody. #WATCH | Karnataka | Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt brought to Chitradurga district jail after he was sent to 14-day judicial custody in …

Murugha Mutt Seer Shivamurthy Shivamurthy Sharanaru Moves Chitradurga Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Assault Case Involving Minors
2 years, 4 months ago

Murugha Mutt Seer Shivamurthy Shivamurthy Sharanaru Moves Chitradurga Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Sexual Assault Case Involving Minors

Live Law  

Additional District and Sessions Judge at Karnataka's Chitradurga on Monday issued notice to the prosecution and others in the anticipatory bail application filed by Dr. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, the pontiff of Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga, accused of sexually abusing two minor girls staying in the hostels run by the Mutt. The accused had approached the court after the police charged …

MP: Out on bail, accused rapes victim again; arrested
2 years, 4 months ago

MP: Out on bail, accused rapes victim again; arrested

Firstpost  

Rewa: A 26-year-old man allegedly raped a minor victim again after being released on bail following arrest for the same offence committed earlier in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district, police said on Tuesday. The accused, a resident of Khatkari village, came out of jail last week after being arrested on September 23 last year on charge of raping and threatening the …

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