SC reserves order in plea against Bombay HC's skin-to-skin ruling

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved judgement on appeals against the Bombay High Court verdict which had held that no offence of sexual assault under the POCSO Act is made out if there is no direct......

Fresh term of judge who gave controversial verdicts reduced to 1 yr

A Bombay high court additional judge, who had delivered two controversial verdicts in sexual assault cases, was on Friday given a fresh one-year term as an additional judge, instead of two years as......

Controversial POCSO rulings cost Bombay HC judge her confirmation

The Supreme Court Collegium is understood to have withdrawn its approval to a proposal for the appointment of an additional judge of the Bombay high court, Justice P V Ganediwala, as a permanent......

Holding hand, opening pant zip not sexual assault under POCSO: HC

A Bombay high court judge, who faced flak for acquitting a man of groping a 12-year old girls breast because he did not make skin-to-skin contact, had ruled four days earlier that holding the hands......