Posco Court

The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a proposal to set up five more special POCSO courts in the state, taking the total number of such courts to 67 Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya said.

A 51-year-old man was convicted and sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment by the Mahila Court in Erode on Wednesday for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.

Sexual activities with girls of "immature" age have a traumatic effect on their lives and such crimes committed by a person in a position of trust and authority adversely affects a child's perception to look at life positively, a special court said.

The Supreme Court has said that grounds like "there was a love affair" between the girl and the accused and there was alleged "refusal to marry" will have no bearing on the grant of bail in the POCSO case.

A special POCSO court has extended the judicial custody of two managers of a private school till January 3 in connection with a molestation case.

A man was awarded death sentence by a district court on Wednesday for raping and murdering a two-year-old girl.

#Justice4EveryChild campaign aims to raise funds to support child victims of sexual abuse and rape who are fighting their cases in court

A special court in Mumbai has sentenced an octogenarian couple to ten years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl, who lived in their neighbourhood in Mumbai's Girgaon.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been sentenced to life in jail for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017.

A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for allegedly raping a minor in Unnao in 2017.

A Maharashtra court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to two-year rigorous imprisonment for molesting a teenaged girl.

Hardly 5-10 per cent sexual assault victims across the country were getting compensation under the relevant schemes in various states, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) told the Supreme Court yesterday.

A special court on Wednesday rejected a plea by lawyers of former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati, an accused in a gang-rape case, for the removal of POSCO charges on him.

Giving a push to fast disposal of cases related to children, south India's first Children's Court was inaugurated in Hyderabad today.

The verdict in the infamous 2014 Badaun murder case of two cousin sisters in Uttar Pradesh will be pronounced by a Court on September 18, the bodies of both sisters were found hanging from a tree.

The West Bengal Cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to a proposal to set up five more special POCSO courts in the state, taking the total number of such courts to 67 Minister of State for Finance Chandrima Bhattacharya said.

A 51-year-old man was convicted and sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment by the Mahila Court in Erode on Wednesday for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.

Sexual activities with girls of "immature" age have a traumatic effect on their lives and such crimes committed by a person in a position of trust and authority adversely affects a child's perception to look at life positively, a special court said.

The Supreme Court has said that grounds like "there was a love affair" between the girl and the accused and there was alleged "refusal to marry" will have no bearing on the grant of bail in the POCSO case.

A special POCSO court has extended the judicial custody of two managers of a private school till January 3 in connection with a molestation case.

A man was awarded death sentence by a district court on Wednesday for raping and murdering a two-year-old girl.

#Justice4EveryChild campaign aims to raise funds to support child victims of sexual abuse and rape who are fighting their cases in court

A special court in Mumbai has sentenced an octogenarian couple to ten years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl, who lived in their neighbourhood in Mumbai's Girgaon.

Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been sentenced to life in jail for raping a woman in Unnao in 2017.

A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar for allegedly raping a minor in Unnao in 2017.

A Maharashtra court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to two-year rigorous imprisonment for molesting a teenaged girl.

Hardly 5-10 per cent sexual assault victims across the country were getting compensation under the relevant schemes in various states, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) told the Supreme Court yesterday.

A special court on Wednesday rejected a plea by lawyers of former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati, an accused in a gang-rape case, for the removal of POSCO charges on him.

Giving a push to fast disposal of cases related to children, south India's first Children's Court was inaugurated in Hyderabad today.

The verdict in the infamous 2014 Badaun murder case of two cousin sisters in Uttar Pradesh will be pronounced by a Court on September 18, the bodies of both sisters were found hanging from a tree.