The POCSO act is being being misused in cases of marital discord and consensual relationships between adolescents, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while stressing the need to spread awareness in ...

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was legislated to protect minors from abuse, exploitation and predation. Its role as a strong legal shield for minor girls remains ...

New Delhi: The POCSO act is being being misused in cases of marital discord and consensual relationships between adolescents, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday while stressing the need to spread ...

NEW DELHI: Noting that the POCSO Act is being misused in cases of marital discord and consensual relationships between adolescents, the Supreme Court on Tuesday emphasised the need to spread awareness ...

With the increasing number of teenage pregnancies, government schools and colleges across Karnataka are gearing up to launch an awareness programme on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences ...

Chennai: Spreading awareness on ‘good touch' and ‘bad touch' to parents through PTA meetings, periodic programmes on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, for teaching and non ...

What happens after a child discloses an abuse is determined not only by law, but by the social worlds families must navigate once silence is broken.

Having spent eight years in prison after being arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl, a 56-year-old man has been acquitted by the trial court citing “scanty evidence”. The statement of the ...