NCPCR directive on Child Care Institutions – A welcome decision
Vested interests are using CCIs as a means of earning money and to gain control of large numbers of the young. The action taken by the NCPCR is a welcome…
2 October, 2020
Juvenile Justice Act
Kerala: High Court refuses anticipatory bail, ‘activist’ Rehana Fathima to approach SC over controversial video case
In June, Fathima had stirred up controversy after she posted a Facebook video where her minor children were painting on her naked body.
24 July, 2020
‘Activist’ Rehana Fathima, who was sacked by BSNL, asked to vacate residential quarter after police file POCSO case against her
BSNL had earlier sacked Rehana Fathima after it was found that her Facebook post had incited communal tension
1 July, 2020
‘Kiss for love’ campaigner Rehana Fathima, who attempted to desecrate Sabarimala, booked for posting video of her kids painting on her topless body
"No child who has seen his own mother's nakedness and body can abuse the female body", claims Rehana Fathima in her Facebook post.
24 June, 2020
Father in Kerala church badly beats up his 2 months old daughter as he suspected someone else was her father
Shaiju Thomas had allegedly slapped the infant and threw her on a cot, causing brain injury. The infant is now battling for her life.
23 June, 2020
NCPCR writes to Delhi Police asking to investigate complaints against Barkha Dutt for revealing identity of infant victim in Delhi riots
Barkha Dutt had posted a tweet on March 16, 2020, revealing the identity of a 10-moths-old victim of the Delhi riots
18 March, 2020
Kolkata: 11-year-old girl dies after being stabbed and mutilated by 13-year-old stalker
The alleged perpetrator happens to live in the same neighbourhood as the victim. He has now been detained by the police.
20 January, 2020
Citing Hadiya case, 16-year-old Muslim girl approaches SC to hold her ‘marriage’ valid per Islamic law as she has attained puberty
The woman's advocate has stated that the 16-year-old girl's father is interfering with her right to live with her life partner whom she had chosen after attaining puberty and married…
11 September, 2019
Chilli powder in private parts, beatings and rigorous chores: Girls in Delhi shelter home reveal abuse by staff
DCW chief Swati Maliwal reportedly reached the shelter home immediately and intimated the Delhi Police to register FIR in the case.
29 December, 2018
“Her last words were ‘burn them alive’, she should get justice”: Lawyer who filed PIL to execute Nirbhaya’s rapists
Delhi student Nirbhaya was brutally raped inside a moving bus on December 16, 2012.
24 November, 2018