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Madhya Pradesh Ministry Says Child Marriages Spiking, Minister "Not Aware"
Child marriage cases in Madhya Pradesh have been rising steadily year after year
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Man Accuses Wife Of Attempt To Murder, Gets Booked Under Child Marriage Act
According to police sources, the Raichur Women's Police have registered a case against the husband, Tataiah, after confirming that he had married a minor girl aged 15.8 years.
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Law On Child Marriage Cannot Be Stunted By Any Personal Law: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by traditions under any personal law and observed marriages involving children violate the free will to choose a life partner.
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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act For All Irrespective Of Religion: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is applicable to every citizen of this country irrespective of his or her religion as every Indian is a citizen first and then becomes a member of a religion.
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New Rajasthan Law Faces Questions Over Validating Child Marriages
Rajasthan has amended a 2009 law to now state that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event. The earlier version had set the age criterion at 21 for both.
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Government To Move Proposal To Annul All Child Marriages Across India
The Women and Child Development Ministry seeks to amend section 3 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, under which a child marriage is only voidable at the option of the contracting parties.
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51-Year-Old Sarpanch In Madhya Pradesh Tries To Marry Minor, Loses Job
A 51-year old sarpanch of a village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district was removed from his post after he allegedly tried to marry a 12-year-old girl from a poor family, district authorities said.
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Still In School, Hyderabad Teens Married Off For 'Prosperity'
Thirteen-year-old Shruti (name changed) has more than homework on her hands these days. They are coloured with intricate orange patterns of henna and she wears a mangalsutra around her neck - recognisable signs that with four years of school still left, she is now a 'wife'.
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2-Year-Old Among 4 Minor Girls Married Off In Secret Ceremony In Rajasthan
Four minor girls - including three sisters and a cousin, the youngest among them two years old - were allegedly married off by their mother and close relatives in a secret ceremony in Ghajuna village of Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, on February 23.
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Child Marriage Prohibition Act Applies to Muslims Too: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) will apply to a Muslim person too, saying that those who obstructed changes in the Muslim personal law harmed the community's interests.
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Madhya Pradesh Ministry Says Child Marriages Spiking, Minister "Not Aware"
Child marriage cases in Madhya Pradesh have been rising steadily year after year
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Man Accuses Wife Of Attempt To Murder, Gets Booked Under Child Marriage Act
According to police sources, the Raichur Women's Police have registered a case against the husband, Tataiah, after confirming that he had married a minor girl aged 15.8 years.
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Law On Child Marriage Cannot Be Stunted By Any Personal Law: Top Court
The Supreme Court on Friday said the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act cannot be stunted by traditions under any personal law and observed marriages involving children violate the free will to choose a life partner.
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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act For All Irrespective Of Religion: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has ruled that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is applicable to every citizen of this country irrespective of his or her religion as every Indian is a citizen first and then becomes a member of a religion.
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New Rajasthan Law Faces Questions Over Validating Child Marriages
Rajasthan has amended a 2009 law to now state that if the bride is under 18 and the bridegroom is under 21, their parents must register the marriage within 30 days of the event. The earlier version had set the age criterion at 21 for both.
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Government To Move Proposal To Annul All Child Marriages Across India
The Women and Child Development Ministry seeks to amend section 3 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, under which a child marriage is only voidable at the option of the contracting parties.
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51-Year-Old Sarpanch In Madhya Pradesh Tries To Marry Minor, Loses Job
A 51-year old sarpanch of a village in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district was removed from his post after he allegedly tried to marry a 12-year-old girl from a poor family, district authorities said.
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Still In School, Hyderabad Teens Married Off For 'Prosperity'
Thirteen-year-old Shruti (name changed) has more than homework on her hands these days. They are coloured with intricate orange patterns of henna and she wears a mangalsutra around her neck - recognisable signs that with four years of school still left, she is now a 'wife'.
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2-Year-Old Among 4 Minor Girls Married Off In Secret Ceremony In Rajasthan
Four minor girls - including three sisters and a cousin, the youngest among them two years old - were allegedly married off by their mother and close relatives in a secret ceremony in Ghajuna village of Rajasthan's Bhilwara district, on February 23.
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Child Marriage Prohibition Act Applies to Muslims Too: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) will apply to a Muslim person too, saying that those who obstructed changes in the Muslim personal law harmed the community's interests.
