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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act
15-year-old gives birth in Mumbai, ‘husband’ arrested, search on for cleric – authorities hiding identity of accused?
A 27-year-old man from Mumbai has been arrested for 'marrying' and raping a minor girl. Local Agripada police station officials have not name the...
PCMA made ineffective by not superseding Personal Laws – Part 2
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Part I of this series discussed discrepancies and absence of consistency among different laws addressing crimes relating to children including laws against child marriage.
It...
Child Marriage and related laws in Bharat – Part 1
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Child marriage is a favourite subject for activists who like to label Bharat as misogynistic, regressive, backward, and patriarchal. Generally, the Hindu society is...