Laws On Sexual Crimes

Given the public outcry and mass mobilisation that we have seen over, at least, some high profile cases of sexual assault on women, it needs to be asked if the reaction to the Prajwal Revanna sexual crimes, including rape, case has been muted, social

A society or a nation cannot celebrate its achievements if its women and children are not safe, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday, dubbing the crime of child sexual abuse as one of the gravest and disconcerting challenges.

Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church's criminal code Tuesday, adding directives on punishing sexual abuse crimes of minors by priests that have long been sought by activists against paedophilia.

The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the Central government's request to keep adultery a crime in the armed forces. A bench of the top court today requested the Chief Justice of India to set up a five-judge constitution bench to issue clarification on the Centre's plea.

Former Union minister Chinmayanand celebrated his birthday in Shahjahanpur on the day the Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the High Court order that granted bail to him in the sexual exploitation case lodged by a law student.

A BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh was asked by Union Minister Smriti Irani to be careful with his choice of words when he was speaking on the proposed changes to a law on sexual crimes against children in parliament on Wednesday.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Wednesday shared that he was sexually abused as a teenager and urged people to talk about such experiences instead of repressing them, as he participated in a debate in parliament on a law on sexual crimes against children.

Several states are ignoring boys in compensating child victims of sexual abuse, the government said on Wednesday, weeks after the government itself was criticised for overlooking males in a new law mandating tougher punishment for rapes of girls.

Woman and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today proposed amendment of an existing "scheme" for boys, who have been raped or sexually exploited, to be compensated on the lines of a similar law for girls.

Whether homosexuality should be a crime in India will be reexamined by the Supreme Court, which had in 2013 restored a controversial British-era ban on gay sex. No one should have to live in fear because of their sexuality, said three Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice Dipak Misra today, asking a larger group of judges to review Section 3...

The sexual assault of a child at a Kolkata school has exposed gaps in safety in schools. If your child's school does have a CCTV, it's because the school has chosen to put them up. Not because there are laws that make CCTVs at schools a must. The state doesn't monitor the schools.

Bihar Congress leader Brajesh Kumar, who also goes by the name Brajesh Pandey, has resigned over charges of sexually exploiting a young girl in Patna. Brajesh (Kumar) Pandey has been charged under the stringent law on sexual crimes against children - the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act - after a note from the women's cell of...

The German parliament on Thursday unanimously approved tougher laws making any form of non-consensual sexual contact a crime, seeking to reassure a public shaken by mass attacks on women on New Year's Eve that were largely blamed on migrants.

The German government has agreed to reform the country's law on sexual crimes to improve victims' ability to file complaints against their attackers.

The sexual assault on men is now a crime after China effected an amendment to the criminal law. Indecent or sexual assault on others, men or women, now carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison.

Given the public outcry and mass mobilisation that we have seen over, at least, some high profile cases of sexual assault on women, it needs to be asked if the reaction to the Prajwal Revanna sexual crimes, including rape, case has been muted, social

A society or a nation cannot celebrate its achievements if its women and children are not safe, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday, dubbing the crime of child sexual abuse as one of the gravest and disconcerting challenges.

Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church's criminal code Tuesday, adding directives on punishing sexual abuse crimes of minors by priests that have long been sought by activists against paedophilia.

The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the Central government's request to keep adultery a crime in the armed forces. A bench of the top court today requested the Chief Justice of India to set up a five-judge constitution bench to issue clarification on the Centre's plea.

Former Union minister Chinmayanand celebrated his birthday in Shahjahanpur on the day the Supreme Court dismissed a plea challenging the High Court order that granted bail to him in the sexual exploitation case lodged by a law student.

A BJP lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh was asked by Union Minister Smriti Irani to be careful with his choice of words when he was speaking on the proposed changes to a law on sexual crimes against children in parliament on Wednesday.

Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Wednesday shared that he was sexually abused as a teenager and urged people to talk about such experiences instead of repressing them, as he participated in a debate in parliament on a law on sexual crimes against children.

Several states are ignoring boys in compensating child victims of sexual abuse, the government said on Wednesday, weeks after the government itself was criticised for overlooking males in a new law mandating tougher punishment for rapes of girls.

Woman and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi today proposed amendment of an existing "scheme" for boys, who have been raped or sexually exploited, to be compensated on the lines of a similar law for girls.

Whether homosexuality should be a crime in India will be reexamined by the Supreme Court, which had in 2013 restored a controversial British-era ban on gay sex. No one should have to live in fear because of their sexuality, said three Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice Dipak Misra today, asking a larger group of judges to review Section 3...

The sexual assault of a child at a Kolkata school has exposed gaps in safety in schools. If your child's school does have a CCTV, it's because the school has chosen to put them up. Not because there are laws that make CCTVs at schools a must. The state doesn't monitor the schools.

Bihar Congress leader Brajesh Kumar, who also goes by the name Brajesh Pandey, has resigned over charges of sexually exploiting a young girl in Patna. Brajesh (Kumar) Pandey has been charged under the stringent law on sexual crimes against children - the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act - after a note from the women's cell of...

The German parliament on Thursday unanimously approved tougher laws making any form of non-consensual sexual contact a crime, seeking to reassure a public shaken by mass attacks on women on New Year's Eve that were largely blamed on migrants.

The German government has agreed to reform the country's law on sexual crimes to improve victims' ability to file complaints against their attackers.

The sexual assault on men is now a crime after China effected an amendment to the criminal law. Indecent or sexual assault on others, men or women, now carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison.