Child Abuse  

The POCSO Amendment Bill that was already approved by the Rajya Sabha, defines child pornography and also makes it a punishable offense. Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said this Bill aims at making offences against children gender neutral
 

About 12,609 rape cases were registered under the POSCO this year. Of this, charge sheet had been done in 6,222 cases and 2,397 cases which were registered less than two months ago are under investigation. There are about 3,590 cases registered more than three months ago, Union minister Kishan Reddy said.
 

Veteran actor Bhanupriya who is likely to face charges of child abuse in Andhra Pradesh's Samalkota police station. 

The Indian government took the decision after Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote a letter to law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad expressing concern regarding the threats posed by the growing digital sexual abuse of children online

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled last week a version with some names blacked out can be made public as early as next week. The court said it had identified more than 300 'predator priests' in the six dioceses

The charge sheet against the owner of the home, reported to be part of a nexus of politicians, police and criminals, accuses him of torture and violence under various Sections of the law against child abuse