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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 199: POCSO pendency, security gaps at a Delhi court
Description: This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Basant Kumar is joined by Diksha Munjal and Anna Priyadarshani.The discussion begins with Diksha’s report on the implications and complexities of the POCSO Act in India. Detailing lapses in the system, she says trials which are to be completed within the stipulated one-year period have been pending for even five years in some cases. “Either the judge is on leave or the prosecutor is not available…and most of all the police does not care,” she says, reiterating the need to highlight such cases as “it hinders th...