In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has reduced the life imprisonment sentence of a 27-year-old man convicted under the POCSO Act to 10 years, citing the need for valid reasons when imposing the maximum penalty. The division bench, comprising Justices Sreenivas Harish Kumar and C Continue Reading
A special court in Mumbai has sentenced a 28-year-old school teacher to five years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor girl students. The teacher, who was employed at a school in suburban Govandi, was found guilty under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The court emphasized that a teacher is expected […]Continue Reading
The most controversial Walayar Case, the mother of the two sisters who were found hanging after being subjected to extented sexual abuse has filed an appeal in the High Court against the order of the trial court which found the accused not guilty and set them free. The appeal has been filed against the order […]Continue Reading
There has been a conflict of interest between the Section 375’s exception 2 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. When such a conflict of interest has been pointed out by a renowned NGO, the Supreme Court has erased the exemption. Unexpectedly, the incident has exposed a platform where both the erstwhile […]Continue Reading













