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A 40-year-old man residing in Laxmipur village was taken into custody in Bihar’s Siwan for marrying a minor girl. The mother claimed the accused coerced her into marrying her daughter off due to unpaid debts. The case is being dealt with under the jurisdiction of the Mairwa police station, and the accused has been charged…
Source: Chronicle News Service / DIO Imphal, February 24 2023: CHANDEL: District Hill Leaders’ Day & ‘Meeyamgi Numit’ for the month of February was held at the multipurpose hall, Mini Secretariat, DC complex, here on Friday. As part of the programme, additional DC commissioner Md Firoj Khan distributed various items to beneficiaries of different schemes….
Supreme Court judge, Justice BV Nagarathna touched upon another important aspect – pendency as far as POCSO cases are concerned. She said that setting up more fast track courts to try POCSO cases is futile unless it is complemented by appointments of more judges, and training and sensitization of judges, public prosecutors and police personnel….
The 6th District Hill Leaders’ Day and Meeyamgi Numit observed across the state, at all district headquarters on Thursday. As a part of the programme, public grievances were addressed and public services were provided to the beneficiaries in the state. Pherzawl: The event was attended by deputy commissioner Haulianlal Guite, SP Pherzawl A Ghaneshyam Sharma…
Muslim marriages under personal law are not excluded from the POCSO Act and sexual intercourse with a child, even if it is under the guise of marriage, is an offence, the Kerala High Court has said. The court denied bail to a 31-year-old man charged under the Act for allegedly abducting and impregnating a 15-year…
The accused has been identified as G Vetrivel Murugan, a native of Narikudi, Virudhunagar district, sources said on Sunday. Investigations carried out by the Tallakulam police revealed that Vetrivel Murugan, who settled in Madurai, forcibly married the girl aged 17 years. He tortured the girl by inflicting cigarette burns on her body when she refused…
Ringu advocates creating awareness on child rights ITANAGAR, 20 Nov: The International Child Rights Day was celebrated at the Don Bosco Youth Centre (DBYC) in Vivek Vihar here on Sunday with a call for creating more awareness on child rights. The programme was organised by the Arunachal Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights…
Marriage of a Muslim minor girl, even if allowed under the religion’s personal law, is invalid as it violates provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Karnataka high court has observed in its recent order. Hearing a bail plea of a man who married a minor Muslim girl, the high…
An awareness programme was organized by Sahyogini at Patki Utkramit High School located in Petarwar block against girl child trafficking here on Tuesday. While the incident of child trafficking is a big challenge of our society and awareness is most necessary to stop it. Trafficking cases are coming more on the pretext of getting married…
When incidents of forced labour or sex trafficking hit the headlines, the law-enforcing machinery suddenly gets into a firefighting mode. Victims are rescued and success stories circulate. But the magnitude of human trafficking and its disastrous impact on people and society often go unnoticed. According to an UNDOC report, the most common forms of human…
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