Searched for
PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE
Marriage over, liability remains: HC orders husband to pay maintenance to wife despite his student status- Viral Kumbh mela girl Monalisa appears to be an adult: Kerala High Court, husband gets one-month relief
- Tax on destination wedding outside India: Will income tax apply on gifts in form of cash, property, gold jewellery? Know the rules
- 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...03 Oct, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
- 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...25 Jun, 2025, 07.02 PM IST
- Assam police launch fresh crackdown on child marriages, 416 arrests madeAssam police arrested 416 individuals in a recent operation against child marriage, registering 335 cases. This is part of an ongoing state...22 Dec, 2024, 07.19 PM IST
- 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...18 Oct, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
- 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...10 Oct, 2024, 04.05 PM IST
- 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...28 Jul, 2024, 05.36 PM IST
- SC reserves verdict on PIL alleging rise in child marriages in countryThe Centre claimed there was a significant decrease in child marriages in the country. Earlier, the top court had directed the Ministry of ...10 Jul, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
- Bill to raise legal marriage age to 21 for women lapses as 17th Lok Sabha dissolvesCiting provisions of law and Constitution, former Lok Sabha Secretary-General and Constitution expert P D T Acharya told PTI that with the ...08 Jun, 2024, 11.54 AM IST
- 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...22 May, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
- 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...02 May, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
- 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 ...29 Jan, 2024, 03.32 PM IST
- Supreme Court grants time to Centre to file affidavit on issues relating to Prohibition of Child Marriage ActThe Indian Supreme Court has granted the government a six-week period to collate information and file an affidavit relating to the Prohibit...16 Jul, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
- 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...24 Jan, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
- 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 21.02 Jan, 2022, 05.28 PM IST
- 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...25 Dec, 2021, 11.43 PM IST
- DYFI slams decision to raise women's marriage ageThe Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared a proposal to bring in uniformity in the marriageable age of men and women and is likely to brin...18 Dec, 2021, 05.31 PM IST
- 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...18 Jul, 2018, 08.15 AM IST
Load More
