Cheshta TaterCo-founder, Rightantra For obvious reasons, people find secrets “shady”. Although they are not always, a request to keep it hush could be an indicator of child grooming. As a child, this is beyond comprehension. If you know better, the groomer will tell you that you do not.
“You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath Sacred prayer and we'd swear”
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Cheshta TaterCo-founder, Rightantra Ever since Taylor Swift released the 10-minute version of All Too Well, I cannot help but think about child grooming whenever I listen to that song.
Anushka MehtaCo-Founder, Rightantra I am sure most of you reading this article would remember the vastly criticised, astonishing judgement passed by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, earlier this year. If not, the mere mention of the phrase ‘skin to skin contact’ should be sufficient to jolt your memory. This phrase was used by Justice Pushpa Ganediwala in her judgement that acquitted a man accused of inappropriately touching the breasts of a 12-year-old girl, under section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO Act) and instead convicted him only under the lesser charge of section 342 and 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
On November 18, 2021, the Supreme Court overruled the erroneous judgement of the Bombay High Court by convicting the accused under section 8 of the POCSO Act, on appeal by the Attorney General of India along with National Commission for Women. Anushka MehtaCo-Founder, Rightantra Globally, most countries restrict the right to abortion, permitting termination of pregnancies only in specific situations, while six counties ban abortion entirely. Out of these, the law regulating abortions in India is one of the most progressive legislations, especially in light of the recently notified amendments vide the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 (“MTP Amendment Act”) as well as the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Rules, 2021 (“MTP Amendment Rules”). While India has been legally permitting abortions since 1971, the increase in upper gestational limits by the MTP Amendment Act and Rules, is another step in the right direction.
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