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Manipur

Do not encourage child marriage: YFPHR secretary

IFP Bureau28 Aug 2022

It is high time for all to have basic legal knowledge and mechanisms in order to bring justice immediately and to prevent the youths from becoming accused due to lack of knowledge, says Youth Forum for Protection of Human Rights (YFPHR) secretary T Shadishkanta

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Manipur

Rapist sentenced to 25-year rigorous imprisonment

IFP Bureau9 May 2022

The court convicted the accused on May 5 under section 6 & 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) for having committed ‘Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault’ and ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’ on a  minor girl on January 10, 2020.

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Editorial

Women and children in the Act

IFP Bureau18 Dec 2020

The Manipur High Court single bench Justice MV Muralidaran directed the chief secretary and DGP Manipur to make appropriate arrangement for creation of a separate wing in the police department to deal with the cases of crime against women and children in the state.

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