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Cabinet clears proposal to raise minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21
The move comes more than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the plan during his Independence Day address of 2020
16 Dec 2021 11:15 AM
Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil society quiet?
Ironically, a BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh had once publicly pushed the cause of early marriages
23 Sep 2021 11:40 PM
Plea of lawyer accused of marrying minor dismissed
Bombay high court and had complete knowledge of the law despite which he married a girl less than half his age.
23 Mar 2018 3:44 AM
26 children saved from being married off in Jharkhand
Though child marriage is banned in Jharkhand as per the Child Marriage Act of 2006, the pernicious practice continues to be rampant.
05 May 2017 6:02 PM
PAC report slams poor implementation of Child Marriage Prevention Act
The state government records say that between 2010-13, there were only 45 cases of child marriage.
08 Apr 2017 5:31 PM
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