The Supreme Court of India expressed concern over Punjab’s growing drug crisis, observing that narcotics abuse has devastated families and requires structural reforms, while noting a mother reportedly lost all five sons to addiction and emphasizing the urgent need to sensitise police authorities.
The Delhi High Court upheld Rajender Sharma’s conviction in a child sexual assault case, ruling that a child victim’s testimony can sustain conviction even without conclusive medical evidence, while clarifying that hymen rupture is unnecessary to establish penetrative assault under Section 3(a) POCSO Act.