“Supreme Court dismisses NCPCR plea against HC ruling allowing marriage of 15-year-old Muslim girl under Sharia law”, Organiser, August 22, 2025:
“In a controversial development, the Supreme Court on August 19, dismissed a petition filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which had challenged a 2022 Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment permitting the marriage of a Muslim girl after attaining puberty under Sharia law.
The ruling has raised serious questions on whether the apex court is indirectly enforcing religious personal law over statutory child protection laws in Bharat.
A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan rejected the plea, remarking that the NCPCR was “a stranger to the litigation” and had no locus standi to contest the High Court’s decision……”
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