INTRODUCTION “Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul”. —- Dave Pelzer We rarely come across this unpopular quote on internet saying that “in the eyes of a child you will see the world as it should be”. Child: According to Art. 1 of the …
Emerging issues in relation to Sexual Offences Against Children & its Prevention’s Read More »
ABSTRACT: Children as one important marginalized group who, in lieu of being carefully playing in the sun and going to school, quite often suffer from various types of maltreatment, exploitation mostly sexual. Thus they are marginalized not only in terms of their access to the basic human needs, but also in expressing freely their views …
Significance and Applicability of the POCSO Act, 2012 Read More »
ABSTRACT “This is my son” 15 year old Maina replied, when I asked her about the crying child she was feeding. Taken aback, I further enquired her, when she got married. She replied when her age was only 13. This incident proved that the proverb “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the hand that …
Child Marriage – Not a Child’s Play: POCSO’s Response Read More »
ABSTRACT The present paper seeks to highlight the growing problem of Sexual offences on children in India and the changes and challenges Indian Legal system faces after the advent of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 with its main objectives being to analyze the mainstream achievements of POCSO and the growing areas of …
POCSO and Child Marriages in India: A Conflict of Laws Read More »
ABSTRACT Life is never easy, is something that every person understands through their experiences at one point but life is ever more tiresome and laborious to the members of the transgender community, especially its minors. It’s quite appalling that even in the 21st century that we as a legal community are failing as much as …
INTRODUCTION: “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace”[1] Children are the greatest gift to humanity and their sexual abuse is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable. In any civilized society, children are “supremely important national asset”[2] and the future of the nation depends upon …
Paradigms of Socio-Legal Paradoxes Pertaining to Sexual offences against Children Read More »
