PRAYAGRAJ, Oct. 12 -- The Allahabad high court recently urged the Law Commission to recommend suitable amendments to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012, dealing with minor couples after considering the social realities prevailing in India.

The court said that in certain circumstances, strictly applying the Act could produce consequences that may "advance injustice rather than justice", particularly where a relationship has resulted in the birth of a child.

"The possibility of alternative forms of punishment, including community service, may also be examined, so that a family formed in circumstances arising from ignorance of the provisions of the POCSO Act is not unnecessarily disrupted in the very name of ...