Why India's sexually abused children need to wait till 2022 to get justice

Why India’s sexually abused children need to wait till 2022 to get justice The number of cases registered under POCSO increased 151% from 2009 to 2014

Current Affairs : Cases registered over four years to 2016 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, a law

meant to protect children and hasten prosecution, will end only by 2022 based on the current rate of disposal, according to a new study.

Crime in India 2016, National Crime Records Bureau Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh, which reported the greatest backlog, will take 55 and 101 years, respectively, to finish with such cases, according to a study by Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF), an advocacy run by an Indian Nobel laureate.

The number of cases registered under POCSO increased 151% from 2009 to 2014, IndiaSpend reported on August 22, 2015.

More than 104,976 cases were registered between…Read more

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