Friday, November 22, 2024

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Child marriages

News Reports

Smriti Irani slams NCP MP Fauzia Khan over her remark ‘girls are married because they have nothing else to do’

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani in the RS said that the government is taking all the steps to make sure that the girls under the marriageable age are secure and are being provided proper education.
News Reports

Hyderabad: Syed Altaf Ali arrested for trying to buy a minor girl; victim’s mother and grandmother arrested for selling her

OpIndia Staff -
The accused are booked under sections 370, 370 (A) r/w 511, Section 17 of the POCSO Act and Section 3 and 5 of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (PITA).
News Reports

Multiple incidents of child marriage reported from Rajasthan, one proposed wedding stopped by the administration

OpIndia Staff -
Two child marriages took place at the same time at a temple in Bhilwara and a third took place in Asind in Bhilwara in Rajasthan
News Reports

Child marriage of a Muslim girl reported in Malappuram, New Indian Express uses ‘Hindu’ images

OpIndia Staff -
The New Indian Express used misleading image for a child marriage case where a qazi was booked for performing rituals, and both the minor and the groom belonged to the 'minority community'.
News Reports

‘Child Marriage bill of Rajasthan violates central acts and court judgements’: NCPCR writes to Ashok Gehlot govt urging to reconsider the bill

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR says Rajasthan Child Marriage Bill violates Juvenile Justice Act, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and other acts and court orders
Government and Policy

Rajasthan Congress Govt passes bill to register child marriage, BJP protests, says it justifies child marriage: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan government's decision to pass the contentious bill to register child marriage faces strong opposition from all quarters
World

60 yo guy with a 12 yo saying ‘that is my wife’: US admin tries to monitor child brides being snuck in from Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
A leaked internal document has revealed that several old Afghan refugees have been entering the country with brides as young as 12 years old
Opinions

On Women’s day, can we please make child marriage illegal among India’s minority community?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Could we please make child marriage illegal in India? In fact, could we do it today?
News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC cites Sharia again: Says marriage of minor Muslim girl is legal because she has ‘attained puberty’

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court cited the Muslim personal law and held the marriage of the 17-year old girl with 36-year old man valid.
News Reports

Hyderabad: 54-year-old Abdul Lateef marries 16-years-old minor girl, detained by police

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Lateef, a 54-year-old man from Kerala, has been held for marrying a 16-year-old girl in Hyderabad.
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