Child Marriage
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No birth date, no wedding? Maharashtra govt mulls big rule to crack down on child marriages
Maharashtra | Jun 24, 2026, 05:23 PM ISTMaharashtra is considering a new rule requiring the birth dates of brides and grooms on wedding invitation cards to prevent child marriages. The state aims to reduce child marriage cases to below 10 per cent over the next five years.
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Telangana shocker: 13-year-old girl married off to 40-year-old man in Rangareddy, four booked
India | Jul 31, 2025, 09:34 PM ISTA 13-year-old girl, studying in class 8, was forcefully married to a 40-year-old man by her own family, which was facing a financial crunch.
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Over 400 arrested in 48 hours as Assam govt launches third phase of child marriage crackdown
Assam | Dec 22, 2024, 03:54 PM ISTAssam's third phase of its crackdown on child marriage has led to 416 arrests and 335 cases registered, continuing the state's efforts to combat the issue.
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Iraq sparks outrage after proposing law to lower legal marriage age for girls to 9 | DETAILS
World | Aug 09, 2024, 04:20 PM ISTThe bill tabled by a coalition of Shia Islamist parties has proposed amendments to the Personal Status Law of 1959, allowing girls to be married at age 9 and boys at 15. The bill was met with widespread criticism by women and children's rights activists.
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Prosecuting persons will not resolve issue of child marriages: Supreme Court
India | Jul 10, 2024, 08:01 PM ISTEarlier, the top court had directed the Ministry of Women and Child Development to file a status report detailing steps taken by it to execute the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
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Pakistan SHOCKER: Man forces 12-year-old girl to marry 72-year-old man, cops intervene
World | Jun 16, 2024, 11:41 PM ISTThe girl's father agreed to sell her to the senior citizen for a sum of 500,000 Pakistani rupees, but the police rescued her before the 'nikkah'. Pakistan has one of the highest rates of child marriage, where the legal age for girls is 16.
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Assam announces monthly stipend for girls pursuing higher education to curb child marriage
India | Jun 12, 2024, 03:59 PM ISTAssam CM said that the sole aim of this scheme is to delay the marriage of a girl so that she can be financially independent and start earning for herself and her family.
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Bahraich: 13-year-old girl married to 35-year-old man draws police action, five booked
Uttar Pradesh | May 27, 2024, 08:43 PM ISTThe minor girl was beaten and pressurised to have physical relationship with her husband. She fled her in-laws' house one day and reached the Superintendent of Police, following which a case was registered.
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Rajasthan: Village heads to be held responsible if child marriages solemnised, orders High Court
India | May 02, 2024, 04:08 PM ISTRajasthan High Court, while hearing a PIL seeking court's intervention to prevent Child marriage, underscored that there is a reduction in the number of child marriages cases due to efforts put in by the authorities but a lot still needs to be done.
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Bombay HC allows child marriage victim to terminate her 28-week pregnancy
Maharashtra | Apr 18, 2024, 07:30 PM ISTThe 17-year-old girl had filed a petition in high court seeking permission to get her pregnancy terminated saying scans had shown that the foetus had skeletal anomalies with the possibility of genetic abnormalities.
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'Won't allow child marriage as long as...': Assam CM furious speech on Muslim marriage act I VIDEO
India | Feb 26, 2024, 04:57 PM ISTEarlier, the state cabinet night approved the decision to repeal the Act in a bid to end the social menace of child marriage as it contained provisions allowing registration of marriages even if the bride and groom had not reached the legal ages of 18 and 21 respectively.
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Assam child marriage crackdown: 'Over 800 arrested in second phase,' says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
India | Oct 03, 2023, 02:06 PM ISTAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that at least 800 people were arrested in the second round of the child marriage crackdown in the state. Several thousand people had been arrested in the first round of the crackdown.
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Uttar Pradesh: 13 booked for minor girl marriage with 35-year-old man in Pilibhit
Uttar Pradesh | Jun 15, 2023, 09:57 AM ISTMinor girl marriage: The father of the minor, who filed the complaint at the Puranpur Kotwali police station, alleged that a woman living in his neighbourhood conspired to get his daughter married to the accused man by taking the girl's mother into confidence.
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Assam child marriage crackdown: Silchar man sentenced to 25 yrs in jail for marrying 13-year-old
India | May 22, 2023, 11:09 PM ISTThe case was filed against the man, a resident of the Ramnathpur police station area, on January 18 last year by the family of the girl when she did not return home after attending a religious event in a nearby village.
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Himanta government took strict action against child marriage in Assam
News | Feb 04, 2023, 10:42 PM ISTThe BJP government in Assam is in action mode. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken action against child marriage.
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Child marriage crackdown: Assam Police arrests over 2,100 people linked to heinous act
India | Feb 04, 2023, 12:31 PM ISTChild marriage crackdown: The DGP said that most of the cases have been registered under different provisions of the POCSO Act and IPC sections and action will be taken as per the law.
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Child marriage peril! Assam to book men marrying girls below 14 years under POCSO Act
India | Jan 24, 2023, 11:26 AM ISTAssam child marriage: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said a cabinet meeting was held where it was decided to book such men under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Jharkhand records country's highest percentage of child marriage among girls
India | Oct 08, 2022, 11:53 AM ISTChild Marriage: The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand, according to the survey brought out by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Rajasthan: Married off at one, family court annuls woman's marriage
India | Sep 08, 2022, 11:03 PM ISTRajasthan news: Refusing to buckle under pressure, she approached an NGO, after which they moved the family court. Saarthi Trust’s Managing Trustee Kirti Bharti said Rekha was married off at the age of one to a boy of her village after the demise of her grandfather.
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Cabinet clears proposal to increase legal age for marriage of women from 18 to 21
India | Dec 16, 2021, 01:32 PM ISTCurrently, the legal minimum age of marriage for men is 21 years and 18 for women. Sources said the proposal was based on the recommendation of NITI Aayog task force headed by Jaya Jaitly.