SC seeks data on child sex abusers

SC seeks data on child sex abusers

Context

As an eight-month-old rape survivor from Delhi battles for her life at the AIIMS, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a nationwide inquiry into how many child sex abusers had actually been punished

What happened?

A three-judge Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, ordered data from the High Courts on the number of pending cases of child abuse booked under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012

Fresh figures

• Chief Justice Misra said the court wanted fresh and independent data collected by a team constituted under the supervision of the Chief Justices of the High Courts
• The court gave the High Courts four weeks to submit the data to the Supreme Court Registry.

Deadline for completion of trials

The Bench said it wanted to know the status so as to set a deadline for the completion of trials in special courts