The POCSO court had said the accused’s bail application would be considered only if he marries the woman, the jail official said.

The judge had in January ruled that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" does not constitute "sexual assault" under the POCSO Act.

Speedy disposal of POCSO cases is being hampered due to the non-availability of public prosecutors, says the Delhi Prosecutors’ Welfare Association

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala's new tenure will start on February 13.

The Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases under POCSO Act on Friday awarded seven-year rigorous imprisonment to a 58-year-old man for sexually ha

The law must be interpreted to provide additional protection to children against sexual assault

Trial to be conducted by special court for Pocso cases

Holding that touching a child’s cheeks without any sexual intent is not an offence, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court on..

A 40-year-old man, who was an accused in a POCSO Act case for sexually assaulting a mentally retarded minor girl, was found dead in a public place aft

A special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act court on Friday convicted and sentenced a 58-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment..

The decision was taken after the judge faced flak for her interpretation of sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, a source..

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala recently acquitted a man accused of groping a 12-year-old girl's breast because he did not make skin-to-skin contact and days earlier,..

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court issued additional guidelines to restrain print and electronic media as well as “people using social media such as..

Back-to-back controversial decisions relating to child sexual offences forced the Supreme Court collegium to take the unprecedented step of withdrawing its..

Punishing an adolescent boy who enters into a relationship with a minor girl by treating him as an offender was never the objective of the Protection of Children..

‘It’s not intended to cover romantic relations between teens, adolescents’

Back-to-back controversial decisions relating to child sexual offences forced the Supreme Court collegium to take the unprecedented step of withdrawing its..

‘It’s not intended to cover romantic relations between teens, adolescents’

Case registered under POCSO Act at All-Woman Police Station in M.K.B. Nagar

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that holding the hands of a minor girl and opening of the zip of pants does not fall under the pur

The observation was made by a single bench of Justice Pushpa Ganediwala on January 15 while passing an order on an appeal filed by a 50-year-old man challenging..

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court passed the order in a case pertaining to a sexual act involving a 5-year-old girl committed by a 50-year-old man. The..

Earlier, the same bench had ruled that groping a minor's breast without "skin to skin contact" does not constitute "sexual assault" under POCSO Act.

Three months after a 25-year-old married man was arrested for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl, a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences..

A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian stayed the high court order.

Decision will set a very dangerous precedent, says Bench

The Supreme Court Wednesday stayed the Bombay High Court order which acquitted a man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act saying..

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the acquittal order of the accused in the case where Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court had said that groping a minor's..

The Kadinamkulam police have recorded the arrest of a 29-year old person in connection with the alleged rape of a minor girl.According to Kadinamakula

Court acquitted man charged under POCSO Act

The National Commission for Women on Monday said it will challenge in the Supreme Court the Bombay high court judgment which said groping without 'skin to skin'..

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, in a judgement passed on January 19, the detailed copy of which was made available now,..

The court held that there must be "skin to skin contact with sexual intent" for an act to be considered sexual assault.

The Kadinamkulam police have registered a case under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against a youth for all

‘False case of harassment registered for moving family court against husband’

On the principle of proportionate punishment, he is convicted for a ‘minor offence’ under the IPC

Acquitting a man who pressed breasts of a minor, from an offence of ‘sexual assault’ under POCSO, Bombay high court held that when there is “no direct..

SIT had moved POCSO court for investigation

A woman, accused of sexually harassing her minor son, was released on bail by the Kerala High Court.Releasing her on bail, Justice V. Shircy directed

A plucky 6-year-old who was kidnapped, beaten, raped, and left on the road with severe injuries that put her in the hospital for around four months, went back to..

A special POCSO court here remanded two of the accused in the Walayar case in judicial custody on Wednesday. V. Madhu and Shibu were remanded as the p