Hearing In SC today On Petitions Against BHC’S Judgement
Hearing in SC today on petitions against the Bombay High Court’s decision on the Posco law.
The SC is hearing the petitions filed against the Bombay High Court’s decision on the Posco law today.
Recently, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, while ruling in the case related to the Posco Act, said that touching a minor victim without skin-to-skin touch does not come under the category of a sexual offense.
It is not sexual harassment under the Poxo Act. The court had ordered the release of a man sentenced to three years. The Supreme Court has already stayed the decision. The court stayed the decision on 27 January.
The Supreme Court had issued notice to the accused and the Government of Maharashtra to file a reply within two weeks and Attorney General KK Venugopal had allowed an appeal against the decision.
The Attorney General had termed the Bombay High Court’s decision as unprecedented and said that it would lead to a wrong cause.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde, will hear the petitions filed, including the National Commission for Women, in the case.
What was the Bombay High Court ruling.
The Bombay High Court, in a January 19 judgment, held that a case under Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (Poxo) Act was not made against the accused as he had direct physical contact with the victim ie Skin to Skin ) Did not contact.
The accused did not remove the clothes, so it could not be considered as sexual misconduct under Posco. The High Court did not consider the 12-year-old girl’s breastplate over her clothes to be sexually abused by the Posco law.
Maharashtra Police is digging into the account and shares of the naval burned alive in Palghar
In the case of Suraj Kumar Dubey, who has allegedly burnt to death in Palghar a few days ago, the Maharashtra Police is investigating his bank account and share trading account.
The alert police are trying to get to the bottom of the case of killing two sadhus in Palghar itself a few months back. Due to sensational incidents, one after the other in Palghar, the law, and order situation of this area have started to be questioned.
According to Naval Dubey’s pre-death statement, three people kidnapped him from outside Chennai airport and demanded a ransom of 10 lakh.
He was brought to Palghar after being kept in Chennai for three days. The kidnappers burned him alive for not paying the ransom money.
