SC Collegium withdraws nod to confirm permanent status of judge who made controversial POCSO rulings : vimarsana.com

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The Supreme Court Collegium has withdrawn its approval to a proposal to confirm the permanent status of an additional judge of the Bombay High Court following two controversial verdicts she gave in sexual assault cases against minors, NDTV reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the development.
The judge, Pushpa Ganediwala, had courted controversy after she first acquitted a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl on January 19. Ganediwala had observed that that groping a child’s breasts without “skin-to-skin contact” does not amount to sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The verdict was put on hold by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

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