North India Statesman
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Supreme Court News: The Supreme Court has asked the central government to consider removing criminal proceedings under the POCSO Act in the romantic relations formed between minors. The Supreme Court said that the government should think in the direction that in such cases the minors can be prevented from going to jail under strict Poxo Act. The Supreme Court has also asked the Central Government to formulate a policy for sex education and reproductive health education among students.
Supreme Court Justice Abhay S. A bench of Oka and Justice Ujwal Bhuiyan also issued a notice to the Central Government and asked the Women and Child Development Department to set up a panel of experts to study the issue. Also, the report was asked to submit a report in this regard, after which the Supreme Court will now hear further in this case. The hearing of the objectionable remarks made in a decision of the Calcutta High Court is going on in the Supreme Court. In this decision, the judge advised the woman to control her physical desires. The Supreme Court described this advice as objectionable.
Advising the Central Government on the Poxo Act, the Supreme Court had said that criminal action should be avoided under the Poxo Act against the young couples coming in a romantic relationship, as this law is enacted in such a way that it can protect minors from exploitation. A strange case of Pocso came to light in West Bengal, a minor girl ran away from home and married an adult person. Later, the minor’s parents lodged a complaint against the man under Poxo, in which the court sentenced him to 20 years in prison, although the Calcutta High Court later acquitted him.
However, on the go, the High Court made a comment that came to the attention of the Supreme Court, the judge recommended the woman to control her physical wishes. The Supreme Court took self -cognizance of the case. During the hearing, the Supreme Court said that the woman does not feel that she has been tortured in this case.
The victim is currently the wife of the accused and is working hard to free her husband. The woman is not considering the matter as a crime, the society is believing, the judicial system failed the woman, the family left her, the woman had to struggle a lot to get the accused released. This case is an eye -opening for all, the victim was emotionally related to the accused. The Supreme Court, using Article 142 of the Constitution, acquitted the accused, who is now the victim’s husband.
