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Muslim personal law recognising puberty as age of marriage violates POCSO Act, PCMA: Allahabad HCA bench of justices JJ Munir and Achal Sachdev observed that the age of marriage for every citizen of the country irrespective of religion ...- Marriage over, liability remains: HC orders husband to pay maintenance to wife despite his student status16 year old student married 25 years old girl; After marriage breaks down she asks for maintenance which he denies on the ground of being a...
- Viral Kumbh mela girl Monalisa appears to be an adult: Kerala High Court, husband gets one-month reliefThe Kerala High Court granted transit bail to Mohd Farman, husband of the viral Kumbh Mela girl, for one month to seek anticipatory bail in...
- Child marriage cases rise six-fold in 2023, nearly 17,000 girls kidnapped for marriage: NCRBCases registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act surged six-fold in 2023, reaching 6,038, with Assam alone accounting for nearl...
- Assam govt designates District Child Protection Officers as Child Marriage Prohibition OfficersAssam strengthens its fight against child marriage. District Child Protection Officers are now Child Marriage Prohibition Officers. They wi...
- Indore officials halt 36 child marriages at mass wedding eventAuthorities in Indore disrupted a mass wedding ceremony after discovering that 36 couples were underage. Acting swiftly, officials from the...
- Parliamentary panel to hear officials on marriage age next weekA parliamentary committee will examine the stalled bill aiming to unify the legal marriage age for men and women in India. The committee wi...
- Apex court desists from deciding if PCMA overrides personal lawsThe Supreme Court abstains from ruling on whether the Prevention of Child Marriage Act, 2006, supersedes personal laws endorsing such marri...
- Law on prevention of child marriages can't be stunted by personal laws: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act overrides personal laws, asserting that child marriages infringe upon mi...
- NCPCR identifies over 11 lakh children vulnerable to child marriage, takes preventive stepsThe NCPCR identified over 11 lakh children at risk of child marriage in 2023-24 and took steps like family counselling and school reintegra...
- Prohibition of Child Marriage Act applies to all Indian citizens irrespective of religion: Kerala HCThe Kerala High Court has ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is applicable to every Indian citizen, regardless of their...
- Child marriage case: Assam police arrest eight, including a KaziA senior police officer who does not want to be named said, “The function took place at the Kabariband village under Patharkandi police sta...
- Village heads to be held accountable if child marriages solemnised in Rajasthan: HCThe Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to prevent child marriages in the state, stating that village heads and panchaya...
- Parl panel examining bill on marriage age of women gets another extensionThe parliamentary committee examining the bill to raise the age of marriage for women has been given another extension. The committee will ...
- Assam government will engage series of lawyers to deal with Child marriage cases-Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaSarma said," Till now in this mission against the child marriage in Assam, 90% percent of the cases will be convicted under POCSO Act. We h...
- Men marrying girls aged below 14 years in Assam to be booked under POCSO Act: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa SarmaPOCSO Act of 2012 defines a child as an individual under the age of 18 and it criminalises sex between an under-age child and an adult. Whi...
- Parliament panel that will examine bill to raise legal age of marriage has one woman member out of 31The bill, piloted by the Women and Child Development Ministry, seeks to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21.
- Personal laws need to be reviewed, harmonised with landmark court rulingsThe Cabinet's recent proposal to raise the minimum age of marriage for women to 21 years has focussed attention on the need to review the m...
- Union Cabinet set to clear amendments to Prohibition of Child Marriage ActSources in the ministry said while the existing law — Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 — recognises child marriage as valid but “voi...
- Men can drive, vote and now marry at 18In a path-breaking proposal, the Law Commission has proposed reducing the minimum age of marriage for men from 21 to 18 years.
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