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POCSO and Child Marriages in India: A Conflict of Laws
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 […] -
Paradigms of Socio-Legal Paradoxes Pertaining to Sexual offences against Children
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 […] -
Invisible Shackles: A Closer Look at Today’s Silent Slaves
INTRODUCTION Sexual abuse of minors has become a global concern now. Almost every part of the world faces this problem. Child sexual abuse includes touching and non-touching activity. Examples of touching activity include touching a child’s genitals or private parts for sexual pleasure and making a child touch someone else’s genitals, play sexual games or […]