Commentary on The Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012

The problem of child sexual abuse has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. Millions of children are victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation each year. Sexual offences were currently and mainly covered under different sections of IPC before the enactment of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. There are number of national legislations and international convention to which India is signatory for protection of children from sexual abuse. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 has been drafted to strengthen the legal provisions for the protection of children from sexual abuse and exploitation.

A sincere attempt has been made to revise this treatise of incredible performance by following the original pattern of the book very closely, with no pain spared and no stone unturned.

Key Highlights:

• New case laws and latest Amendments have been added to make the commentary self-contained and updated.
• All judicial pronouncements of importance have been noticed, obsolete matters have been deleted and a plenty of new matters have been added.
• Various landmark judgments of Supreme Court as well as High Courts have been discussed with critical eyes and juristic approach.
• Efforts have been taken to explain relevant and allied provisions of some other laws, which have impact on the subject.
• Simple, clear and includes common language along with annotations.
• Table of cases and exhaustive subject index is provided for quick reference.

The book will be very useful to lawyers, Judges, Magistrates, Bar and Bench, Law Colleges Library, as well as to general public.