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The POCSO enactment is being being misused successful cases of marital discord and consensual relationships betwixt adolescents, the Supreme Court said connected Tuesday (November 5, 2025) portion stressing the request to dispersed consciousness successful boys and men astir its ineligible provisions.
A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan was proceeding a PIL seeking directions to sensitise radical astir the penal provisions for rape and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to marque the state a amended spot for girls and women.
“One thing, we would similar to remark. POCSO Act is being misused successful cases of marital discords and matters pertaining to consensual relationships betwixt adolescents. We should dispersed consciousness successful boys and men astir the ineligible provisions,” the Bench remarked orally.
The Supreme Court adjourned the PIL to December 2 and noted that immoderate States and Union Territories had not filed a effect successful the matter.
The Supreme Court had earlier issued notices to the Centre, the Union Ministries of Education and Information and Broadcasting and the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) connected the plea filed by elder advocator Aabad Harshad Ponda.
Mr. Ponda said determination is request to pass radical astir the laws regarding rape and the alteration successful specified laws aft the Nirbhaya case.
The plea seeks respective measures, including directing the Education Ministry to inquire each acquisition institutions providing escaped and compulsory acquisition to children aged up to 14 years to incorporated the penal provisions regarding offences against women and children.
The taxable of motivation grooming besides has to beryllium included to guarantee consciousness astir intersexual equality, the rights of women and girls and their state to unrecorded with dignity, it says.
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“Particularly, endeavours are required to beryllium made to alteration the mindset of the boys successful this country, an workout that indispensable commencement astatine the level of school,” it states.
According to it, determination should beryllium akin directions to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, CBFC and different broadcasting authorities to item the consciousness of the folly of committing rape and its punishments and educating the nationalist astir the POCSO Act.
