Introduction Digital grooming is among the most insidious forms of child sexual exploitation because it is invisible, gradual, and often goes undetected until significant harm has already been done. A
Introduction The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 was designed to address the sexual exploitation and abuse of children, a grave social harm requiring robust legal protection. The
Introduction The grant of bail in criminal proceedings involves a fundamental tension between two equally legitimate constitutional values: the presumption of innocence and the right to personal liberty on one
Introduction The mandatory reporting obligation in Section 19 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is among the most far-reaching and socially significant provisions in India’s child
Introduction The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 represents a legislative acknowledgment that children who have experienced sexual abuse require more than ordinary criminal law protections when they
Introduction The global crisis of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has acquired a distinctly technological dimension over the past decade. What was once circulated through physical media and clandestine networks
Introduction Few questions in contemporary Indian family law and criminal law carry as much social and constitutional weight as the intersection of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,
Introduction Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is widely recognised by the Financial Action Task Force as one of the three primary methods by which criminal organisations move value across borders and
Introduction Correspondent banking relationships form the backbone of international financial transactions, enabling cross-border payments, trade finance, documentary credits, and the settlement of foreign exchange transactions between financial institutions across jurisdictions.
Introduction The relationship between anti-money laundering obligations and the professional duties of lawyers and chartered accountants represents one of the most intellectually contested frontiers of PMLA’s regulatory reach. The tension