Children

Punishment for rape of 5-year-old: 5 sit-ups

UP judge compares woman’s body to a temple, gives capital punishment to two rapists

​​​​​​​Arrest warrant against journalist Deepak Chaurasia

​​​​​​​Indore women save girl from possible rape

An eight-year-old girl’s cry for help and the spontaneous response of women of the area, saved the girl from a possible rape in Indore yesterday.

Navi Mumbai: Mob booked for assaulting auto driver, two women

Suspecting an auto driver and two females to be kidnappers of children, were beaten-up by a mob at Taloja in Navi Mumbai on Friday.

Man, who kicked six-year-old leaning against his car in Kerala, arrested

Child with biological parent alive, not an orphan: Bombay HC

A minor child whose biological parent is alive, won’t be declared as an ‘orphan’, the Bombay High Court said.

A Child Care Home had filed an application seeking two girls to be declared orphans, to which the Bombay High Court gave its disapproval and rejected the application.

POCSO Act overrides personal law, Karnataka High Court rules

Marriage of a minor girl, even under a personal law, is invalid as it violates provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Karnataka high court has observed.

Maharashtra introduces stringent rules against child marriage

Minors kill youth for telling them to take precautions while firing crackers

Three minors killed a young man in Mumbai because he told them to take precaution while firing crackers.