The Women and Child Development Ministry has recently introduced a scheme aimed at offering comprehensive support to minor victims of sexual assault. This scheme operates under the Nirbhaya...
The concept of mandatory minimum sentences is common in American and Canadian legal systems. Recently, the Canadian Apex court announced that it is to stop pronouncing mandatory minimum...
The NCPCR has revamped the E-Baal Nidan portal to include more features that would ease the tasks of complainants as well as NCPCR and SCPCRs in dealing with...
The Praja Foundation published its report on November 25, 2021 on POSCO cases. Key Findings of the report Report highlights that, despite a decrease in crimes against children,...
Recent statistics on Haryana have been pointing towards rising graph of sexual offences against minor girls in the State. Key Findings Statistics also points towards grossly inadequate steps...
Tribal Affairs Ministry and NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) have joined hands with the objective of fulfilling vision of ministry to achieve academic excellence in...
On January 28, 2020, a non-profit organization in the US called the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) said that over 25,000 cases of child pornography...
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on December 11, 2019 cleared the Disha Bill that proposed harsh punishment for crimes against women. Disha bill is also known as the Andhra...
Odisha Government has decided to set up 45 fast track courts in the State, to expedite the trial of cases relating to women and children. The State government’s...
The data from the High Courts across the country say that more than 96% of 1,66,882 rape trials registered under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act)...
