Child Marriage Act

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.

Amid uproar, the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act on mandatory registration of marriages within 30 days of the union.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a teenaged girl from Kolkata, police said on Monday.

A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.

The parents of two minors have been charged for allowing the marriage of their children - a 12-year-old boy with a 10-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh.

The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.

The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.

Pakistani Senate has passed a bill to fix 18 years as the age of puberty for girls to end the practice of child marriages in the country, triggering objections from some members who said the move was against Islam.

"I am not yet a seasoned actor that I want to be," said Prateik Babbar

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.

The Union Law Ministry has approved proposed amendments to three Central laws, aimed at providing relief to Indian women married to NRIs and facing marital hardships, a senior Women and Child Development Ministry official has said. The approved amendments include revocation of passports of NRIs if marriage is not registered in seven days.

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.

Rukhmabai was the one who orchestrated the Age of Consent Act, 1891 and began the discourse on child marriage. What is to be noted here that the seeds of her discontent with child marriage were sown by her desire to study.

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'.

The Madras High Court in Madurai has held that a wedding between minor girl and boy will not become void automatically without either of them obtaining a decree of divorce from family court within two years of their attaining the legal age for marriage.

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.

Amid uproar, the Rajasthan Assembly on Friday passed the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 by voice vote to amend a 2009 Act on mandatory registration of marriages within 30 days of the union.

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and marrying a teenaged girl from Kolkata, police said on Monday.

A 16-year-old girl in Telangana was married to a 23-year-old man on June 1, prompting child rights activists to demand penal action against the priest, the bride and groom's parents and the groom.

The parents of two minors have been charged for allowing the marriage of their children - a 12-year-old boy with a 10-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh.

The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.

The government is considering amendments to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act to make reporting of child marriages mandatory for the agencies concerned, Women and Child Development minister Smriti Irani has said.

Pakistani Senate has passed a bill to fix 18 years as the age of puberty for girls to end the practice of child marriages in the country, triggering objections from some members who said the move was against Islam.

"I am not yet a seasoned actor that I want to be," said Prateik Babbar

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.

The Union Law Ministry has approved proposed amendments to three Central laws, aimed at providing relief to Indian women married to NRIs and facing marital hardships, a senior Women and Child Development Ministry official has said. The approved amendments include revocation of passports of NRIs if marriage is not registered in seven days.

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.

Rukhmabai was the one who orchestrated the Age of Consent Act, 1891 and began the discourse on child marriage. What is to be noted here that the seeds of her discontent with child marriage were sown by her desire to study.

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'.

The Madras High Court in Madurai has held that a wedding between minor girl and boy will not become void automatically without either of them obtaining a decree of divorce from family court within two years of their attaining the legal age for marriage.