POCSO Victims Archives

State has obligation to provide support persons to POCSO victims, which cannot be made optional: Supreme Court

Supreme Court directed NCPCR to formulate model guidelines after due consultation with the Central and State Governments for the States and Union Territories to frame their rules respecting the support persons under Section 39 of POCSO Act.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

POCSO| Role of Support person in child sexual abuse cases crucial; All States must frame guidelines in this regard: Supreme Court

“Justice can be said to have been approximated only when the victims are brought back to society, made to feel secure, their worth and dignity, restored. Without this, justice is an empty phrase, an illusion.”