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Newly-Wed Girl Arrested For Killing Husband To Be With Boyfriend In Jharkhand: Cops
A newly married teenager was held for allegedly murdering her husband with the connivance of her boyfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.
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"Consensual": Court Cancels Rape Case Against 20-Year-Old Filed By Mother Of One
The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a rape case slapped against a man below marriageable age by an older married woman whom he had been in a relationship with.
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Iraq Parliament Adopts Revised Bill After Outcry Over Underage Marriage
Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.
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Prosecuting People Will Not Resolve Issue Of Child Marriage: Supreme Court
Prosecuting persons involved in child marriages will not resolve the problem which has social dimensions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while reserving the verdict on a PIL over the alleged rise in underage weddings in the country.
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Mass Wedding Plan For Nigerian Orphans Sparks Uproar, Some Girls Feared To Be Underage
Several Nigerian Human rights groups have also launched a petition to stop the mass wedding plan.
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Rise In Kidnapping, Sex Assaults Of Girls On Pretext Of Marriage: Delhi High Court
Voicing concern over girls being subjected to sexual assault on the pretext of marriage, the Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal filed by a man against his conviction and 10-year sentence for kidnapping and rape.
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Tamil Nadu Woman, Pregnant, Arrested For Marrying Minor Classmate: Cops
A 20-year-old pregnant college student has been arrested for allegedly marrying her minor classmate in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, the police said today.
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Home Ministry Names Worst State In India In Terms Of Child Marriage Among Girls
Jharkhand has earned the disrepute of having the highest percentage of underage girls getting married, according to the latest demographic sample survey by the Union Home Ministry.
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Pak Man Kills Wife For Resisting Minor Daughter's Marriage: Report
In a gruesome incident, a man, Zulfiqar Jiskani from Pakistan's Lucky Shah Saddar area was arrested on Friday for killing his wife Babli Jiskani for resisting his attempt to marry off their underage daughter for a hefty price.
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Pak Court Allows Minor Christian Girl Who Converted To Islam To Go With Parents
A Pakistani court on Wednesday allowed Arzoo, an underage Christian girl who allegedly converted to Islam and contracted a "free-will marriage", to go home with her parents after she spent a year in a shelter home for women.
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Newly-Wed Girl Arrested For Killing Husband To Be With Boyfriend In Jharkhand: Cops
A newly married teenager was held for allegedly murdering her husband with the connivance of her boyfriend in Jharkhand's Palamu district, police said on Tuesday.
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"Consensual": Court Cancels Rape Case Against 20-Year-Old Filed By Mother Of One
The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a rape case slapped against a man below marriageable age by an older married woman whom he had been in a relationship with.
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Iraq Parliament Adopts Revised Bill After Outcry Over Underage Marriage
Iraq's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a revised bill that had sparked outrage over fears it rolled back women's rights and permitted underage marriage.
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Prosecuting People Will Not Resolve Issue Of Child Marriage: Supreme Court
Prosecuting persons involved in child marriages will not resolve the problem which has social dimensions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while reserving the verdict on a PIL over the alleged rise in underage weddings in the country.
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Mass Wedding Plan For Nigerian Orphans Sparks Uproar, Some Girls Feared To Be Underage
Several Nigerian Human rights groups have also launched a petition to stop the mass wedding plan.
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Rise In Kidnapping, Sex Assaults Of Girls On Pretext Of Marriage: Delhi High Court
Voicing concern over girls being subjected to sexual assault on the pretext of marriage, the Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal filed by a man against his conviction and 10-year sentence for kidnapping and rape.
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Tamil Nadu Woman, Pregnant, Arrested For Marrying Minor Classmate: Cops
A 20-year-old pregnant college student has been arrested for allegedly marrying her minor classmate in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, the police said today.
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Home Ministry Names Worst State In India In Terms Of Child Marriage Among Girls
Jharkhand has earned the disrepute of having the highest percentage of underage girls getting married, according to the latest demographic sample survey by the Union Home Ministry.
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Pak Man Kills Wife For Resisting Minor Daughter's Marriage: Report
In a gruesome incident, a man, Zulfiqar Jiskani from Pakistan's Lucky Shah Saddar area was arrested on Friday for killing his wife Babli Jiskani for resisting his attempt to marry off their underage daughter for a hefty price.
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Pak Court Allows Minor Christian Girl Who Converted To Islam To Go With Parents
A Pakistani court on Wednesday allowed Arzoo, an underage Christian girl who allegedly converted to Islam and contracted a "free-will marriage", to go home with her parents after she spent a year in a shelter home for women.
