At present, there are no courts set up exclusively for dealing with POCSO (protection of children from

sexual offences) cases. Some of the existing courts handle them, making trial impossible within the
mandated one-year period under POCSO Act.

A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi suggested that the government
should make available the money needed for setting up these courts in districts which have more than
100 such cases pending. These courts will be fun ..

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A landmark judgment on child rights was pronounced by the Supreme Court of India, which ruled that
a man is guilty of committing rape if he engages in sexual intercourse with his wife who is aged
between 15 and 18. In this case the Supreme Court was deciding the challenge to the exception
carved in the definition of ‘rape’ under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). This exception treated rape of a
married girl child by her husband as an exception to the crime of rape. Perplexing as it may sound,
that despite having enacted various pro-child legislations such as the Prevention of Child Marriages
Act, 2006 or the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred as
POCSO), the legislature sought to legitimise the sexual crime against married girl child by inserting
Exception (2) to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. This was rightly challenged by the not-for-
profit-organisation, Independent Thought, by way of a writ before the Supreme Court of India in
2013. This ruling is a giant step towards bringing about a child sensitive criminal justice system in
India. The court has not created a ‘new offence’ by way of this judgement as some critics have falsely
alleged. It has merely removed the anomaly which was apparent when the IPC and other pro-children
laws were juxtaposed.
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/columnists/a-landmark-legal--
verdict-on-child-rights.html