The Supreme Court today expressed concern about misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) in cases of matrimonial disputes and those filed by a girl's family against a boy with whom she elopes.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan was dealing with a writ petition seeking directions to the Union and Ministry of Education to compulsorily incorporate sex education in school syllabus and sensitize children about anti-rape laws and POCSO Act in India.

In the context of need for public awareness around anti-rape laws, the bench indicated that it will be issuing directions to tackle the misuse of the POCSO Act. "How to implement sections of the Act with regard to awareness? On the verge of minority, teenagers running away...that is another thing..

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