Refusal to Intervene in FIR Against News Channel for Alleged Disclosure of POCSO Victim’s Identity: Madras High Court

Chennai, March 6, 2025 – The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with an order passed by the Special Judge for POCSO Cases, Chennai, which directed the registration of an FIR against News Tamil 24x7, a Tamil news channel, for allegedly disclosing the identity of a victim in a POCSO case. The Court observed that the POCSO Act, under Section 23, prohibits the media from revealing the identity of…