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The Court set aside Rajasthan High Court directions to place adverse remarks in the judge's ACR and send her for judgment-writing training.

The rape survivor appealed against an Allahabad High Court order that refused to remove Additional District Judge Ashok Bhartendu.

The GO had permitted POCSO prosecutors to also appear in cases under the Juvenile Justice Act.

The legislature appears to have remained consistently silent on the matter, the Court said.

The Court said that issuing notice and hearing the victim or informant is a mandatory statutory command under the POCSO Act read with Rules of the POCSO Rules, 2020.

The SIT needs to examine Vijay, Aadhav Arjuna and CTR Nirmal Kumar and secure any material backing their claims of a cover-up, the party said in a plea.

Personal law cannot override the protections guaranteed under POCSO and BNS, the Court ruled.

The Court said that publication of video material connected with the investigation could reveal the identities of the victims and discourage other victims from coming forward and recording their state ...

The Court found that most POCSO courts it visited had inadequate facilities and called for details from the government on infrastructure shortcomings and the number of additional POCSO courts required ...

The Court also expunged the Delhi High Court's remarks that the sexual abuse allegations against the father were motivated.

The Court said that the guidelines were necessary considering the alarming rise in false POCSO accusations during custody disputes.

The Court said that continuing the prosecution despite the absence of sexual intent could cause extreme and irreversible prejudice to the teacher.

The Court explained that under Section 3(d) of the POCSO Act, applying the mouth to the private parts of a child is sufficient to constitute an offence.

Whether the child is the wife of the accused or not is of little consequence, the Court said.

The Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to form a committee to examine systemic gaps in the implementation of the POCSO Act.

The false implication of innocent persons in POCSO Act offences is not uncommon in such scenarios, and courts must carefully examine such cases, the High Court said.