NCW to challenge Bombay HC judgment on sexual assault in Supreme Court
By Mansoor| Published: 25th January 2021 9:51 pm IST Photo: National Commisson for Woman (NCW) (File Photo)
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday said it will challenge in the Supreme Court a Bombay High Court judgment that said groping without “skin-to-skin” contact is not sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The judgment will not only have a cascading effect on various provisions involving the safety and security of women in general but will also subject all women to ridicule, NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma said.
Bombay High Court denies relief for tiger poacher
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Rahul Pardhi was sentenced in three cases of selling skin, nails, teeth of tiger.
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Rahul Pardhi was sentenced in three cases of selling skin, nails, teeth of tiger.
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently refused to allow three sentences to run concurrently for a man convicted for hunting, killing and selling the skin, nails, teeth and other parts of a tiger in three different cases.
A division Bench of Justices Sunil Shukre and Pushpa Ganediwala was hearing a plea filed by Rahul Pardhi, 33, a convict sentenced to three years each of rigorous imprisonment as per the Wild Life Protection Act and Indian Penal Code in three different cases a total of nine years.
Mumbai, January 24
Groping a minor’s breast without “skin to skin contact” cannot be termed as sexual assault as defined under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO