Tag: child marriage

source:- www.news18.com Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held the marriage of a 56-year-old advocate with a minor girl valid after she expressed her willingness to live with him after turning 18. The court’s rationale was that “no one in the society would accept her as wife” and securing her future was of concern now. A

Source – firstpost.com A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court issued a revolting directive around domestic violence and cruelty under Section 498A, ordering that such cases be verified and validated by a yet-to-be constituted “family welfare committee” before charges are pressed under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the husband and his relatives. Next is a

Source – firstpost.com It’s obviously a weird thing to be celebrating in 2017, but we had every reason to rejoice on 11 October when the Supreme Court declared that sex with a minor wife is rape, in the case of Independent Thought vs Union of India. The SC struck down the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal