Current Affairs Snippets

The West Bengal Cabinet recently approved five additional fast-track courts for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) cases, adding to the existing 62 POCSO courts and six e-POCSO courts. Nationwide, as of May 2024, 755 FTSCs, including 410 exclusive POCSO courts, are operational across 30 states and UTs, having resolved over 2,53,000 cases.

  • The West Bengal Assembly passed the "Aparajita" Anti-Rape Bill, 2024, enforcing stricter punishments for rape and child abuse. The Bill proposes capital punishment for rape if the victim dies or is left in a vegetative state, mandates investigations within 21 days, establishes special courts, and creates a ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

PSCs Prelims Special