11,000 convicted under Pocso Act: Centre in RS
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New Delhi, Feb 4 : The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development on Thursday said that more than 11,000 people have been convicted in three years under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso Act) 2012.
In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Centre said fast track courts have also been set up in all states to hear such cases.
NCP MP Dr Fauzia Khan sought information about the number of criminals convicted in the states under the Act and the special courts made for it.
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Noting that children are most susceptible to unscrupulous elements and cannot knock on doors of courts, Telangana High Court on Thursday instructed State government to constitute Child Welfare Committees in all 33 districts of the State within two weeks.
Passing this interim direction while hearing a batch of PIL pleas and a writ petition on missing children and their exploitation, the HC impleaded Union Ministry of Women and Child Welfare as co-respondent in the matter. The bench comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy told senior counsel L. Ravi Chander, representing one of the petitioners, to study the slew of instructions issued by Delhi High Court in a similar matter before presenting his response to the report filed by Telangana Director General of Police.
The chief minister also said that parents of children abducted in Madhya Pradesh will soon be able to track the progress of the case including the status of the investigation by police
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New Delhi: In one of his first national speeches as prime minister, Narendra Modi had said that when it comes to tackling sexual violence against women, it was wrong to put the onus on women.
“Those who rape are someoneâs sons” and parents should stop them before they âtake this wrong path”, Modi had said from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2014. “When such incidents happen, parents question their daughter, but does anyone dare ask their sons?