Tag: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
Seer of Chitradurga’s Murugharajendra Bruhanmutt, where Rahul Gandhi took ‘deeksha’, arrested in POCSO case
“On 20th November (Monday), a Lingayat seer and the pontiff of the Chitradurga Murugharajendra Bruhan Mutt Shivamurthy Sharanaru was re-arrested from Davangere, Karnataka. The arrest took place hours after a Court had issued a non-bailable warrant in the second Protection of Children from Sexual Offences… Read More
JAILED AAP MINISTER SATYENDRA JAIN RECEIVING MASSAGES NOT FROM PHYSIOTHERAPIST, BUT INMATE ACCUSED OF RAPING A MINOR
According to media reports, Tihar jail sources have revealed that the man giving massages to Delhi Minister, Satyendra Jain, inside his prison cell, is not a physiotherapist but a rape accused, Rinku. Rinku is accused under Section 6 of Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences… Read More
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SEX WITH MINORS AN OFFENCE EVEN AFTER A VALID MARRIAGE, KERALA HIGH COURT REFUSES TO EXCLUDE MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW FROM POCSO ACT
On November 19, Kerala High Court ruled that a marriage between Muslims under personal law cannot be excluded from the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Justice Bechu Kurain Thomas said if one of the partners in the marriage is a minor, offences… Read More
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MARRYING MINOR GIRL GOES AGAINST CHILD MARRIAGE ACT EVEN IF MUSLIM LAW PERMITS: KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
The Karnataka High Court has rejected the argument that marrying a Muslim girl who has attained 15 years of age, does not go against the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. It also held that, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which mandates… Read More
