As many as 72 teaching and non-teaching staff in government and aided schools are accused in cases under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, Minister for General Education V.

A Nepali teenager faced a lone battle for justice after accusing her father of raping her in 2023. Despite her mother's ...

The Teachers Joint Action Committee, comprising members from various teachers' associations, has demanded a thorough ...

In the wake of recent incidents where Pocso cases were filed against teachers for allegedly misbehaving with girl students ...

The POCSO Act, enacted in 2012, serves as India’s primary legislation to address and penalize sexual offences against minors.

Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail to Kerala actor accused of raping child, sets conditions for cooperation in probe.

Mumbai: A special POCSO court sentenced a 51-year-old man to life imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life for ...

The Bombay High Court ruled that life imprisonment was too harsh and revised the sentence to 10 years of rigorous ...

The parents of a 17-year-old girl from Kerala, who was found dead months after she lodged a sexual assault complaint against ...

As per the instructions of the State Legal Services Authority, Amaravati, and under the guidance of the Chairman of the ...

Anantapur : In a significant verdict, Anantapur Special Sessions Court (POCSO) sentenced an accused to 20 years of rigorous ...

Activists highlighted the need for victim-centric courts, stronger victim protection, and trained legal professionals to ...