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“In our opinion, since the timelines have been stipulated under the POCSO Act for all stages right from the stage of Investigation up to the stage of Trial, the same must be adhered to as far as possible. Because of the inadequacy of the number of exclusive Courts for the POCSO Cases, the said timelines mandated in the Act for completion of the trials are not being maintained.”
“In tribal communities, practice of child marriages remains deeply ingrained, driven by tradition, poverty, and a lack of legal oversight. Ending child marriage requires legal and social intervention”
“In most of the cases, we found that the age of the victim/child/girl is between 16 to 18 years and the age of the offender is 19 to 22 years. In our opinion, this is a serious issue and threat to the future of the youth of the country.”
A mother is sought to be prosecuted for delay in reporting of sexual offences on a child by her own husband, despite the fact that the mother herself was allegedly subject to severe abuse, sexual and otherwise, in her matrimonial home.
The Karnataka High Court held that order granting visitation rights to the father is outside the jurisdictional scope of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
The National Human Rights Commission recently called State Human Rights Commission Tamil Nadu and other authorities to act upon the dilapidated condition of District Child Protection Office, Royapuram.