It was held for five southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka and Union Territory of Puducherry...

The petition says sections of the law requiring mandatory reporting are untenable and unconstitutional and deserve to be set aside as a sexual assault survivor cannot be forced to report the offence...

The crackdown began early in the morning across the state and it will continue over the next three to four days...

Himanta's comments come in the backdrop of the state govt deciding to bring stringent laws and evoking POCSO Act to check child marriages and underage motherhood...

Child marriage, molestation, trafficking and Pocso Act discussed...

The police have registered two cases, one of attempt-to-murder and another against the Muslim youth under Pocso Act...

The girl screamed for help upon which residents and shopkeepers caught the man and handed him over to police...

Raid is yet another pointer to shifting of trafficking dens from traditional prostitution hubs to residential buildings, beauty parlours and similar places...

Women and child development minister Smriti Irani said in a written reply to a question whether Centre is considering changing the age of consent for consensual relationships to 16 years from the pres...

Convict slapped with charges under sections 302 of IPC, life imprisonment under Section 377 of IPC and POCSO Act and slapped fine of Rs. 50,000 ...