SC seeks response of state governments on appointment of “support persons” in POCSO cases
NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (PTI): The Supreme Court has sought responses of the state governments on appointment of “support persons” for the victims of child sexual abuse as per the guidelines prepared by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh, which listed the matter for hearing on October 22, directed the states to file their compliance report on implementation of the NCPCR guidelines framed as per the order dated August 18, 2023 within four weeks.
“In the circumstances, the state governments are directed to submit their response to the SOP/Guidelines framed by the NCPCR vis-a-vis their implementation to NCPCR within the period of four weeks from today,” the apex court said in its order of July 30 on a plea filed by NGO ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’.
