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Topic: POCSO Act

India’s first ‘love jihad’ conviction—a volatile mix of POCSO, kidnapping, abuse, conversion

+TFP Heena Fatima -
The Amroha district court said that criminals like Mohammad Afzal 'make it difficult for women and girls to come out on the street.'

‘POCSO overrides personal laws’ — Karnataka HC holds pregnant Muslim minor’s marriage invalid  

Rewati Karan -
In his bail application, the petitioner cited Islamic law to defend his marriage to his now-pregnant minor ‘wife’.  POCSO is a special law, said the court, rejecting the argument. 

‘POCSO a secular law, applies to all’: How NCPCR opposed marriage of 16-yr-old Muslim girl in SC

Bhadra Sinha -
Couple had married against wishes of families & sought police cover. Request was granted as she is of marriageable age under Muslim Personal Law, Punjab & Haryana HC had said.

‘Raped two minors, aides stood guard’: New allegations, FIR against jailed Lingayat swami

Preethi Nagaraj -
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru has been accused by an employee of Murugha Mutt in Karnataka of raping her two minor daughters. He is currently in jail in another sex abuse case.

Marital rape victims are included in abortion law’s exception for rape survivors, says SC

Apoorva Mandhani -
Women alleging rape by husbands can get abortions beyond 20 weeks, SC clarifies. It also adds 'unmarried or single' women to list of those eligible for abortion between 20 & 24 weeks

FIR to get an abortion, reporting teens dating — why courts find POCSO’s section 19 problematic

Akshat Jain -
From time to time, courts have highlighted how it's difficult to apply the act in cases when teenagers are involved. Consensual relationships & local customs are also grey areas.

‘Revolutionary reformer’ to rape accused — the scandalous story of Karnataka’s top Lingayat swami

Preethi Nagaraj -
Lingayat spiritual leader Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, head of the wealthy and politically influential Murugha Mutt, has been accused of raping 2 teenage girls for over 3 years.

Why did MP govt not appeal HC’s ‘illegal’ discharge of POCSO accused? SC slams ‘disturbing’ move

Apoorva Mandhani -
Court hearing appeal filed by father of a girl who died by suicide in April 2020 after giving birth to a child. Family claims she developed physical relations with baby's father as a minor.

Arrested for ‘child sexual assault’, convicted for child porn: Behind IAS officer’s IT Act case

Purva Chitnis -
In 2015, Maharashtra IAS officer Maruti Hari Sawant was arrested for alleged sexual exploitation of 4 minor girls, but court said last week the charges didn’t hold as ‘victims turned hostile’.

Kerala HC grants actor Sreejith Ravi bail in POCSO case

PTI -
Bail was granted based on the argument that Ravi was being treated for a behavioural disorder for six years. The actor was arrested for behaving indecently with two minors on 4 July.
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As many as 15 women appeared for the examination, out of which six were selected, including one who has made it to the course along with her husband. 

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