New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- For the first time, India has disposed of more POCSO cases in a year than were registered, marking a historic shift in the country's long battle with judicial backlog. In 2025, 80,320 child sexual abuse cases were filed while 87,754 were disposed of, achieving a disposal rate of 109 percent, according to report "Pendency to Protection: Achieving the Tipping Point to Justice for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse" by Centre for Legal Action and Behaviour Change (C-LAB) for Children, an initiative by India Child Protection. Notably, 24 states also recorded disposal rates above 100 percent. The report recommends setting up 600 additional e-POCSO courts to end the entire backlog of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences ...