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Earlier this day, the Kozhikode Sessions Court in judgement to Civic Chandran's case stated that Section 354 A can't prima facie stand in a sexual harassment case if a woman is wearing 'provocative dresses.'
A magistrate court in Mumbai's Mulund on Thursday sentenced a 43-year-old man to a month in jail along with a fine of ₹ 1,000 for holding his minor cousin's hand without her consent and proposing marriage.
The Supreme Court recently observed that it cannot grant credence to the compromise entered into by an accused with the survivor after he has been convicted for assault of the survivor-woman under Section 354 of IPC.
She tried to take her life the next morning
Expanding the scope of POCSO Updated: Updated: Reforming the law is necessary to account for the reporting of historical child sexual abuse Share Article Reforming the law is necessary to account for the reporting of historical child sexual abuse Over the last nine years, India has sought to “protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography” through the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). But POCSO has not been without controversy or deficiency. Recently, the Supreme Court had to injunct an interpretation of ‘skin-to-skin contact...