The child bride's in-laws were allegedly involved in criminal activities. When Pintudevi demanded a divorce, they threatened her family with dire consequences and social boycott.
After filing an appeal to annul the child marriage in the family court here on Wednesday, Pintudevi, now 18, told IANS: "I was married off when I was just 6. Since my in-laws were involved in criminal activities, I was scared. There are other reasons also why I do not want to go to my in-law’s place."
In an embarrassment to the BJP, its MLA from Agar Malwa, Gopal Parmar, said on Saturday that the issue of ‘love jihad’ is a result of the “disease” of 18 years being the minimum legal age for marriage of women.
The Unicef said the problem was now "most severe" in Africa but even so, Ethiopia had cut child marriage rates by a third.
The Nitish Kumar government has announced forming a state-wide human chain on coming Sunday to express people resolve against social evils like child marriage and dowry.
Villagers said they ordered the minors to marry after they were caught together in the night.
Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya will be entirely different from Pehredaar Piya Ki.
According to a senior government functionary, the top court order will help curb child marriages as it has created the needed "legal deterrent".
The judgment brings the focus on this crucial shortcoming in our society that has been accentuated both by societal mindsets as well as State apathy.
The report said the lowest percentage of child marriages was recorded in Punjab and Kerala at 7.6 per cent.
The international child bride racket was busted in the old city with the arrest of 20 people, including five Omani sheikhs, three Qataris and three qazis
The petitioner NGO Independent Thought has described the exception under Section 375 of the IPC as being discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution that guarantees equality before law.
Pahredaar Piya Ki has been under scrutiny for a while for portaying a romantic relationship between an adult woman and a 9-year-old boy
Kumar said like taking a call against total prohibition on demand of a few women, he was inspired to run a campaign against child marriage by a woman at "Lok Samvad" (public interaction) programme.
Saying no to child marriages and delaying marriage of younger women have more benefits than you can imagine. Delayed marriage may have significant results in improving child health and education outcomes, a study has revealed.
A special court in Delhi has observed that there is a “clear conflict” between the Muslim personal law and the provisions of Protection of Child from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Nearly 12 million Indian children were married before the age of 10 years–84 per cent of them Hindu and 11 per cent Muslim–reveals an IndiaSpend analysis of recently released census data.
In a shameful incident that sheds light on the scourge of child marriages in the war-battered Afghanistan, a six-year-old girl was forced to marry a 55-year-old man after her father allegedly sold her in exchange for a goat.
New Delhi: India ranks third when it comes to having child brides and still about half of Indian women get married before they turned 18, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “Adolescents (10-19 years)
New Delhi: Child marriage is a serious blot on our system and there has been little difference seen between communities and religions when it comes to marrying off their daughters at an early age. Data
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