The Delhi High Court has slammed the police for invoking Section 6 of POCSO Act against an accused in a case of alleged rape, purportedly on the basis of an assumption that since the victim was a class XII student, she must be a minor.During the hearing of a petition seeking quashing of the rape case on the basis of …
On Friday, 21 May, 25-year-old Ria* was forced to relive traumatic experiences of sexual abuse she faced as a teenager, when a series of social media posts appeared on her phone screen. Several students of a top school in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, had on Sunday, 23 May, shared allegations of sexual harassment against a male teacher in his 50s, who …
