Articles for Sexual Offences

Why have Manipur SITs made little progress?
1 day, 19 hours ago

Why have Manipur SITs made little progress?

The Hindu  

A report accessed by The Hindu shows that the special investigation teams, set up by the Supreme Court to investigate cases of rape, sexual offences against women, murder, loot, and arson in ethnic violence-hit Manipur, have filed chargesheets only in a fraction of the cases. Chargesheets, the police summary of allegations, pertaining to various crimes such as rape, sexual offences …

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A decade after Nirbhaya, juvenile sexual offenders more brutal and brazen
5 days, 14 hours ago

A decade after Nirbhaya, juvenile sexual offenders more brutal and brazen

India Today  

It was a festival of devotion, celebration and reverence—the Raas Mahotsav in Guwahati. These stories, punctuated by violence and cruelty, underline an unsettling reality: despite overall crime rates by juveniles decreasing over the past decade, the nature of crimes has grown increasingly brutal and horrifying. Similarly, cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act involving juveniles decreased …

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Government responds to veteran suicide inquiry
3 weeks ago

Government responds to veteran suicide inquiry

ABC  

Sally Sara: Hello and welcome to The World Today. Sally Sara: There'd been a lot of discussion, Glenn, in the lead up to the release of the recommendations and the lead up to the government's response about having this some kind of implementation body to make sure that the government's promises and the Commission's recommendations are put into practice. Sally …

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Minor dies by suicide in Pune after sexual harassment by 26-year-old
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Minor dies by suicide in Pune after sexual harassment by 26-year-old

Hindustan Times  

Police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man under charges of abetment of suicide and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for abetting the suicide of a 15-year-old minor after alleged sexual harassment. Police have arrested the accused under section 107 of the BNS and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from sexual offences …

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Police investigating Russell Brand sex assault case ask CPS to consider charges
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Police investigating Russell Brand sex assault case ask CPS to consider charges

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police investigating claims of historical …

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Madeleine McCann: “Gerry McCann broke the secrecy code and ‘briefed’ me on what had really happened that night’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Madeleine McCann: “Gerry McCann broke the secrecy code and ‘briefed’ me on what had really happened that night’

The Independent  

The assertion that 47-year-old Christian Brueckner could be the prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann looks a little thinner this week, with his complete acquittal on five unrelated sexual offences – two of which involved children – following a trial that began nine months ago, in February this year. During the BBC’s Panorama programme at the end of …

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Coimbatore man gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault on minor girl
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Coimbatore man gets 20 years rigorous imprisonment for sexual assault on minor girl

The Hindu  

The Special Court for the trial of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Coimbatore, on Monday sentenced a man to undergo 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2021. Special court judge G. Kulasekaran awarded the punishment to V. Palanisamy, 45, alias Kannan, a resident of a village near Kaduvettipalayam …

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The continuing distribution of the death penalty
3 months ago

The continuing distribution of the death penalty

The Hindu  

The life of the death sentence in India has been unending, and like a phoenix revives itself in different forms every now and then. Editorial | Life over death: On death penalty abolition and parliamentary panel report This framing creates an ‘othering’ — as if the accused is not from the same society that we inhabit — and justifies death …

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Woman can also commit penetrative sexual assault in Pocso cases: Delhi HC
4 months, 1 week ago

Woman can also commit penetrative sexual assault in Pocso cases: Delhi HC

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Friday held that the offence of penetrative sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act can also be invoked against a woman. The court expanded the ambit of the provision while dealing with a plea filed by a woman challenging a city court’s March 2024 order of framing charges of penetrative sexual …

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Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: June 2024 [Citations 367-415]
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: June 2024 [Citations 367-415]

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX M/S Pragyason Constructions Private Limited v. State Of U.P. S.11 Hindu Marriage Act | Parents Of Husband Can Contest Proceedings For Declaring Marriage Void After His Death: Allahabad High Court Case Title: Shatakshi Mishra v. Deepak Mahendra Pandey And 2 Others 2024 LiveLaw 373 Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 373 The Allahabad High Court has held that after the death …

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Why a breakup could land men in jail for 10 years? Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita explained
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why a breakup could land men in jail for 10 years? Section 69 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita explained

Hindustan Times  

With the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that replaces the British-era Indian Penal Code, a man breaking up with his partner by “deceitful means or by promising her marriage without fulfilling the same” and have sexual intercourse with her could land him in a “10-year jail term.” The Bharata Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya …

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Allahabad High Court Weekly Roundup: June 10 - June 16, 2024
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Weekly Roundup: June 10 - June 16, 2024

Live Law  

NOMINAL INDEX Mamta Kapoor and Another v. Vinod Kumar Rai 2024 LiveLaw 382 Naziya Ansari And Another vs. State Of Up And 2 Others 2024 LiveLaw 383 Archana Singh Gautam vs. State of U.P. and Another 2024 LiveLaw 394 Orders/Judgments of the Week Disputes Related To Immovable Property Used Exclusively For Trade Are 'Commercial Disputes: Allahabad High Court Case Title: …

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More trauma for rape victims as court backlog doubles in two years due to lawyer shortage
6 months, 2 weeks ago

More trauma for rape victims as court backlog doubles in two years due to lawyer shortage

The Independent  

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The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XVI]
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Complete Supreme Court Annual Digest- 2023 [Part-XVI]

Live Law  

Prevention of Dangerous Activities Telangana Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Dacoits, Drug-Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Land Grabbers, Spurious Seed Offenders, Insecticide Offenders, Fertiliser Offenders, Food Adulteration Offenders, Fake Document Offenders, Scheduled Commodities Offenders, Forest Offenders, Gaming Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Explosive Substances Offenders, Arms Offenders, Cyber Crime Offenders and White Collar or Financial Offenders Act 1986; Section 3 - …

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Actor who claimed Kevin Spacey shoved his groin in his face while he sold ice cream during Cinderella show tells Channel 4's Spacey Unmasked his 'heart sank' a decade later when he saw him again at th
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Actor who claimed Kevin Spacey shoved his groin in his face while he sold ice cream during Cinderella show tells Channel 4's Spacey Unmasked his 'heart sank' a decade later when he saw him again at th

Daily Mail  

An actor who claimed Kevin Spacey shoved his groin in his face while he sold ice cream during a Cinderella pantomime has said his 'heart sank' when he saw the star at the BAFTAs a decade later. An actor who claimed Kevin Spacey shoved his groin in his face while he sold ice cream during a Cinderella pantomime has said …

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Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors

Hindustan Times  

The recent outrage over a judicial magistrate in Rajasthan asking a rape survivor to show her injuries has brought into focus once again the gap between how survivors of sexual violence are treated and they should be treated. Here are three important ones: In-camera proceedings introduced via the 2008 amendment to criminal procedure The 154th Report of the Law Commission …

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Kerala HC Directs CBSE, State To Form Committee For Designing Age-Appropriate Prevention-Oriented Curriculum To Raise Awareness, Reduce Instances Of Sexual Offences
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala HC Directs CBSE, State To Form Committee For Designing Age-Appropriate Prevention-Oriented Curriculum To Raise Awareness, Reduce Instances Of Sexual Offences

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has directed the State to form a committee of experts to design a curriculum to impart age-appropriate prevention-oriented programmes on sexual abuse.“At times the sexual acts are committed with the belief that the consent of both partners is sufficient to absolve them from the crime. The Kerala High Court has directed the State to form a …

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Any Person Regardless Of Gender & Age Can Be Accused Under POCSO Act: Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Case Against Minor
9 months, 1 week ago

Any Person Regardless Of Gender & Age Can Be Accused Under POCSO Act: Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Case Against Minor

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has held that any person regardless of gender and age can be an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.It thus refused to quash the proceedings pending under the Act against a minor. The Kerala High Court has held that any person regardless of gender and age can be an accused under …

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Child abuse: Worrisome rise in acquittals in Chandigarh as victims retract statements
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Child abuse: Worrisome rise in acquittals in Chandigarh as victims retract statements

Hindustan Times  

Amid the worrying surge in sexual violence against children in Chandigarh, another disconcerting trend has emerged. As per figures made available by police, as many as 60 cases were registered under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act in 2020. ‘Most accused known to victims’ According to public prosecutors dealing with POCSO cases, in most acquittals, the version of …

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Orissa High Court Annual Digest 2023
11 months, 1 week ago

Orissa High Court Annual Digest 2023

Live Law  

Nominal Index: Animesh Chakraborty v. State of Odisha, 2023 LiveLaw 1 Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda v. Union of India, 2023 LiveLaw 2 Soli @ Sulachana Jena & Anr. While denying relief to the accused, the Single Judge Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo said, “It cannot be lost sight of the fact that the prosecution has proved that the appellant was …

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Can't Prosecute Magistrate U/S 228-A IPC For Inadvertent Omission To Anonymize Rape Victim's Details: Kerala HC Emphasizes Judicial Caution
1 year ago

Can't Prosecute Magistrate U/S 228-A IPC For Inadvertent Omission To Anonymize Rape Victim's Details: Kerala HC Emphasizes Judicial Caution

Live Law  

In a significant ruling, the Kerala High Court held that a Magistrate cannot be prosecuted under 228-A IPC on an inadvertent omission to anonymize the name and details of the victims based on an analysis of Section 228-A and the Judges Act, 1985. “This Court, therefore, suggests that, in matters like this, wherever petitions are filed by or against victims …

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Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject-Wise, Statute-Wise Index & Nominal Index [October 9 – 15, 2023]
1 year ago

Supreme Court Weekly Digest With Subject-Wise, Statute-Wise Index & Nominal Index [October 9 – 15, 2023]

Live Law  

SUBJECT WISE INDEX Abortion Foetus has no separate identity from its mother; Women can't be forced to undergo pregnancy at risk of physical and mental trauma. Chandra Pratap Singh v. State of M.P., 2023 LiveLaw 870 : 2023 INSC 887 Advocates cannot claim right of legal representation under Industrial Disputes Act: Supreme Court answers reference. Customs Central Excise and Service …

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Fast track courts disposing of just 28 POCSO cases per year on average: research paper
1 year ago

Fast track courts disposing of just 28 POCSO cases per year on average: research paper

The Hindu  

With over 2.43 lakh POCSO cases pending trial in Fast Track Special Courts as of January 31, 2023, a new research paper by the India Child Protection Fund has estimated that each of the over 1,000 such courts in the country are currently clearing just 28 cases on average every year, as opposed to the initially envisioned 165 cases per …

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Cabinet approves continuation of fast track courts for trying sexual offences for 3 years
1 year ago

Cabinet approves continuation of fast track courts for trying sexual offences for 3 years

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet on November 29 approved the continuation of fast-track courts, dedicated to dispensation of justice in cases of sexual offences, for a period of three years. The Fast Track Special Court, a centrally Total cost for three years The total cost of running the scheme for the three-year period would be ₹1,952.23 crore out of which ₹1,207.24 crore …

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