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Live-In Ok For Adults Even If Not Of Marriage Age: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that two consenting adults are entitled to be in a live-in relationship even if they have not yet reached the legal age for marriage, underscoring that constitutional rights cannot be curtailed on that ground.
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Pay Legal Expenses, Husband Told As Court Annuls Child Marriage Of Woman
Married off at the age of just four months, a woman came out of a 20-year unwanted situation on Monday when a family court annulled her child marriage.
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Iraq Proposes Law To Reduce Legal Age Of Marriage For Girls To 9
A proposed bill in Iraq's parliament has sparked widespread outrage and concern, as it seeks to reduce the legal age of marriage for girls to just 9 years old.
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"Nothing Sexual": 63-Year-Old Ghana Priest Defends Marrying 12-Year-Old Girl
The spokesperson of priest Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII said the girl is not expected to fulfil marital duties until she reaches the legal age of consent, which is 16 in Ghana.
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Supreme Court Declines Request Seeking Uniform Marriage Age For Men, Women
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to equalise the legal age of marriage for men and women.
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Opinion: 1 Woman MP, 30 Men To Consider Legal Marriageable Age For Women
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill introduced in parliament in the winter session sought to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 for women in the country.
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On Marriage Age Bill, Trinamool MP Wants All Women Lawmakers To Testify
Trinamool MP Sushmita Dev, the only woman member of a parliamentary panel that is examining the bill for raising the legal age of marriage for females, has written to its chairperson requesting him to allow all women MPs to testify before the panel.
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"1 Woman In Committee Of 31": MP Priyanka Chaturvedi On Marriage Age Bill
Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has raised concerns over the make-up of a committee that is looking into a bill for raising the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21.
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Panel Examining Bill To Raise Legal Age Of Marriage Has 1 Woman Member Out Of 31
The parliamentary panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members.
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UP Khaps Want Promises To Farmers Kept, Oppose Girls' Marriage Age Change
Heads of several Khaps held a meeting here demanding fulfilment of promises made to agitating farmers in Delhi, and also opposed the centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women.
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Live-In Ok For Adults Even If Not Of Marriage Age: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that two consenting adults are entitled to be in a live-in relationship even if they have not yet reached the legal age for marriage, underscoring that constitutional rights cannot be curtailed on that ground.
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Pay Legal Expenses, Husband Told As Court Annuls Child Marriage Of Woman
Married off at the age of just four months, a woman came out of a 20-year unwanted situation on Monday when a family court annulled her child marriage.
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Iraq Proposes Law To Reduce Legal Age Of Marriage For Girls To 9
A proposed bill in Iraq's parliament has sparked widespread outrage and concern, as it seeks to reduce the legal age of marriage for girls to just 9 years old.
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"Nothing Sexual": 63-Year-Old Ghana Priest Defends Marrying 12-Year-Old Girl
The spokesperson of priest Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII said the girl is not expected to fulfil marital duties until she reaches the legal age of consent, which is 16 in Ghana.
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Supreme Court Declines Request Seeking Uniform Marriage Age For Men, Women
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to equalise the legal age of marriage for men and women.
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Opinion: 1 Woman MP, 30 Men To Consider Legal Marriageable Age For Women
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill introduced in parliament in the winter session sought to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 for women in the country.
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On Marriage Age Bill, Trinamool MP Wants All Women Lawmakers To Testify
Trinamool MP Sushmita Dev, the only woman member of a parliamentary panel that is examining the bill for raising the legal age of marriage for females, has written to its chairperson requesting him to allow all women MPs to testify before the panel.
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"1 Woman In Committee Of 31": MP Priyanka Chaturvedi On Marriage Age Bill
Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has raised concerns over the make-up of a committee that is looking into a bill for raising the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21.
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Panel Examining Bill To Raise Legal Age Of Marriage Has 1 Woman Member Out Of 31
The parliamentary panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members.
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UP Khaps Want Promises To Farmers Kept, Oppose Girls' Marriage Age Change
Heads of several Khaps held a meeting here demanding fulfilment of promises made to agitating farmers in Delhi, and also opposed the centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women.
