Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 614 · Decided 20 August 2024
In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents v.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 614 · [2024] 8 S.C.R. 575
- Case number
- SUO MOTO WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 3/2023
- Decided
- 20 August 2024
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 376(2)(n), 366, 375, 363, 6; POCSO Act Section 376, 19(6), 6, 5; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
(i) When a Court deals with an appeal against an order of conviction, what are the essentials, which a judgment must contain; (ii) What was the duty of the High Court while ascertaining the offences u/s.6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 & act that is an offence punishable under the POSCO Act be described as "a romantic relationship"; (iii) Whether the High Court can exercise the plenary powers to quash the order of conviction on the grounds of settlement or by consent; (iv) Whether the State was under an obligation to
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