The Orissa High Court has expressed anguish over disclosure of names of victims of sexual offences in case records/deposition sheets despite clear statutory mandate against mentioning the same, which.
The court urged judges and judicial officers to be conscious of the imperative need to maintain the anonymity of sexual offense victims, suggesting proactive measures to anonymize details in cases involving such victims.
Kerala High Court ordered the Kerala Police to investigate into the allegations by cine actor Dileep that news channel Reporter TV and other media outlets violated a trial court order which had imposed a gag on media
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The Calcutta High Court has held that in case of appeal from conviction in an offence committed against a child or a woman, the victim is not a necessary party to the appeal.
An order passed by a Division Bench comprising of
Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and
Justice Aniruddha Roy states,
The victim is not a necessary party to a Criminal Appeal from conviction for offences against woman or child, punishable under provisions of the I.P.C. or POCSO Act or any other penal provision which will apply in relation to offences affecting human body against any woman and/or child , both those expressions being understood in the context of the respective legislation which deals with such offences.