Who is Justice Pushpa, who said groping child without 'contact' is not sexual assault?
India
Published: Friday, January 29, 2021, 17:14 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 29: Recently the Bombay High Court has pronounced that pressing 12-year-old's breast without 'skin to skin contact' doesn't come under POCSO Act's 'sexual assault' definition or opening pant zip, holding girl's hands not sexual assault.
The Bombay High Court verdict regarding a case of groping of a minor girl sent shockwaves for its controversial statement. The case involved a 12-year-old girl who had reportedly been groped by a 39-year-old man in December 2016.
Justice Pushpa Virendra Ganediwala was on the single judge bench.