The Delhi High Court has said that the POCSO Act is a gender-neutral legislation while rejecting an assertion that the law is being "misused" as it is a "gender based" enactment.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma took exception to the submission made by an accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act seeking to cross-examine the victim again before the trial court, and termed it "insensitive", "inappropriate" and "misleading".
The judge said the legislature cannot stop enacting laws nor judiciary can stop applying them only because they can be "misused" as they are enacted to curb offences and get justice to genuine victims.
