INTERSECTIONALITY OF GENDER, CASTE, AND CLASS IN POCSO CASES

INTERSECTIONALITY OF GENDER, CASTE, AND CLASS IN POCSO CASES

This article is written by R. Siva Shankaran of The Central Law College, Salem of B.A.L.L.B, of 4th Semester, an intern under Legal Vidhiya ABSTRACT The concept of intersectionality recognizes how social identities such as race, gender, class, sexual orientation, ability, etc. are interconnected and how their overlaps and intersections Read more…

SALIENT FEATURES OF PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT, 2012

SALIENT FEATURES OF PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT, 2012

This article is written by Shyambhavi Singh of 7th semester of University Institute of Legal Studies, Panjab University,  Chandigarh, an intern under Legal Vidhiya. ABSTRACT This article delves into the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as POCSO Act) which was passed by the Government Read more…

The Bombay High Court has upheld the POCSO conviction, stating that it is unreasonable to expect a 3-year-old child to be able to describe their private body parts.

Mahadev Gaur Bishwas v. State of Maharashtra & Anr little girl, “X”, born on 9/6/2014 underwent a harrowing experience, barely 3 years five months when she was sexually outraged by a man residing in her neighborhood whom she referred to as ‘uncle’, her friend’s father. On 6/11/2017, in the afternoon Read more…