About the Act The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 aims to eliminate atrocities that are occurring against members of the SCs and STs while at the same time providing protection, compensation and rehabilitation to victims. …
About the Act The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 aims to eliminate atrocities that are occurring against members of the SCs and STs while at the same time providing protection, compensation and rehabilitation to victims. …
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2011 The POCSO Act, which came into force in 2012, is the first comprehensive law in the country dealing specifically with sexual abuse of children. Under the Act, any person below the …
About Last year, the Parliament passed the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita, 2023 which replaces the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the principal law on criminal offences in the country. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita (BNS2) largely retains the provisions of …