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The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was passed to strengthen legal provisions for the protection of children below 18 years of age from sexual abuse and exploitation. Under this Act, if any girl under 18 is seeking abortion the service provider is compelled to register a complaint of sexual assault with the police.
In June 2021, few FIRs of sexual harassment and sexual abuse of students at the Sushil Hari International School, were filed against Siva Shankar Baba, and the case was transferred to CB-CID. [4] Siva Shankar Baba was arrested by CB-CID for charges of sexually abusing girls of a residential school he founded in kelambakkam, under the POCSO law ...
cases covered under POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act), POSH (The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, process of lodging an FIR [ 9 ]
A man was subsequently charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and was remanded in police custody until 26 August. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Reactions
Tarzan under Section 376/120B and Section 37, rest under Section 376/120B. ... Sexual harassment; ... 6 accused were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special POCSO ...
Two first information reports (FIRs) were registered against Brij Bhushan after Supreme Court's intervention,one of which was under the POCSO Act for harassment of a minor wrestler. [20] The minor wrestler subsequently dropped her complaint, [21] leading to the removal of charges filed under POCSO. [22]
Sexual harassment in the workplace in US labor law has been considered a form of discrimination on the basis of sex in the United States since the mid-1970s. [1] [2] There are two forms of sexual harassment recognized by United States law: quid pro quo sexual harassment (requiring an employee to tolerate sexual harassment to keep their job, receive a tangible benefit, or avoid punishment) and ...
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is a legislative act in India that seeks to protect women from sexual harassment at their place of work. It was passed by the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament ) on 3 September 2012.