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Minister of Women and Child Development of India Smirti Irani has recently stressed on the need to prevent the re-traumatisation of child sexual abuse survivors during the justice delivery process.
Over 60,000 homes of mostly low-income families were demolished across India by Union and state governments between January 2021 and March 2022, affecting over 3 lakh people.
The Gujarat High Court last week granted bail to a 16-year-old juvenile accused of committing sodomy on a 13-year-old boy, and threatening to kill him if he disclosed the incident to anyone.
A sensitisation programme was successfully conducted with participants of around 80 stakeholders under the JJ Act, 2015.
Activists said because the child rights panel was acting upon a complaint of alleged forced conversion, it should have discussed its findings regarding these claims.