{"id":36027,"date":"2018-11-01T13:11:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36027"},"modified":"2018-11-01T13:11:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:41:35","slug":"sc-mentally-retarded-adult-not-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-mentally-retarded-adult-not-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"SC: mentally retarded adult not a child:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/sc-mentally-retarded-adult-not-a-child\/article19328475.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SC: mentally retarded adult not a child<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: (The Hindu)<\/span> (Biological age is that matters for SC)<\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Law considers a person\u2019s age only through age not through mental age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This evaluation of age needs to be reconsidered as far as the mentally challenged ones are concerned.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>POCSO<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Child sexual abuse laws in India have been enacted as part of the nation&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">child protection <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">policies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parliament of India<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> passed the &#8216;Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill, 2011&#8217; regarding <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">child sexual abuse<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on May 22, 2012 into Act.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rules formulated by the government in accordance with the law have also been notified on the November 2012 and the law has become ready for implementation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Objective:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new Act provides for a variety of offenses under which an accused can be punished.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It defines a child as a person under age of 18 years. It encompasses the biological age of the child and not on the mental age considerations. As for example:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a. A recent case in SC has been filed where a women of biological age 40yrs but mental age 6yrs was raped. The victim&#8217;s advocate argues that &#8220;failure to consider the mental age will be an attack on the very purpose of act.&#8221;<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b. SC has reserved the case for judgement and is determined to interpret whether the 2012 act encompasses the mental age or whether only biological age is inclusive in the definition.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The act is gender-neutral.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4.The Act also provides for various procedural reforms, making the tiring process of trial in India considerably easier for children.<\/span> <b>Criticism:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Act has been criticized as its provisions seem to criminalize consensual sexual intercourse between two people below the age of 18.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2001 version of the Bill did not punish consensual sexual activity if one or both partners were above 16 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are different degrees of mental retardation, the court needs to go into the question of consent to the sexual act which is not provided for in POCSO.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC: mentally retarded adult not a child: (The Hindu) (Biological age is that matters for SC) Context: The Indian Law considers a person\u2019s age only through age not through mental age. This evaluation of age needs to be reconsidered as far as the mentally challenged ones are concerned. 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