The Supreme Court is trying to ensure that adolescents don't end up being jailed for consensual sexual relationships under ...

People are more aware of the safeguards and the stringent penal provision of the Act now than before. What is the punishment provided for offences under POCSO? Sexual offences against children ...

Here are the differences between the Bengal anti-rape bill and the POCSO Act. Bengal anti-rape bill: The proposed Act increases the minimum punishment from 3 years to 7 years. Under the new Act ...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Friday approved amendments to strengthen the POCSO Act ... 5 and 6 of the Act are proposed to be amended to provide the option of stringent punishment, including ...

Have to consider if POCSO ... punishment period was invalid, given the multiple cases registered against him. POCSO case against a lady...This is shocking. We will have to lay down whether POCSO ...

The cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal for amendment in the POCSO Act, 2012 to make punishment more stringent for committing sexual crimes against children.

It said that in case of gang rape of a girl below 12 years, punishment will be life imprisonment or death sentence. POCSO or The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act ...

Jaipur: Out of 6,801 pending cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the fast-track ... law increased the minimum punishment for rape to 10 years ...

Additional sessions judge Susheel Bala Dagar sentenced Ashraf Rain to life imprisonment under section 6 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act The punishment awarded to a ...

for Delhi Police argued while seeking maximum punishment for life convict under sections of POCSO. Special Judge, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, (POCSO) Sunil Kumar on Thursday ...