The 22nd Law Commission of India (LCI) after receiving references from Karnataka High Court & Madhya Pradesh High Court viz. rising number of cases relating to girls above 16 years of age falling in love & having sexual intercourse with a boy thereby attracting provision of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) or IPC, has published its 283rd Report regarding the same. The LCI opined that considering the existing child protection laws, the maladies of child abuse that continues to plague the Indian society, it is not advisable to tinker with the existing age of consent under the POCSO Act.
