Legal Vidhiya

The Bombay High Court ruled that groping without "skin to skin" contact does not constitute a sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, changes and loopholes of POCSO in light of the same and way forward.

The Bombay High Court ruled that groping without “skin to skin” contact does not constitute a sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, changes and loopholes of POCSO in light of the same and way forward.

The gender-neutral POCSO Act was passed in 2012 and defines a child as anybody under the age of 18. The Indian Penal Code, 1860 does not acknowledge that boys can also be the victims of sexual assault. The definition of a sexual offense against a child in the Act of Read more

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Infringement and Remedies under copyright law

This Article is written by Anshika Srivastava of 4th Semester of NMIMS School of Law “When you have wit of your own, it’s a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.”                                                          —————– Criss Jami, Killosophy——————- INTRODUCTION Intellectual property rights belong to creators. They often provide the creator a restricted license Read more

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STATE OF GOA VS FOUZIYA IMTIAZ SHAIKH

STATE OF GOA VS FOUZIYA IMTIAZ SHAIKH

ABSTRACT Between October 2020 and January 2021, goa local elections were repeatedly postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, in November 2020, the governor of goa appointed the minister of justice as state election commissioner (SEC). When the election finally took place in February 2021, several established voting procedures were Read more

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