"Numbers Are Mind Boggling": Bombay High Court Observes About Child Marriages In 16 Tribal Districts In Maharashtra
2 years, 11 months ago

"Numbers Are Mind Boggling": Bombay High Court Observes About Child Marriages In 16 Tribal Districts In Maharashtra

Live Law  

Three thousand children born out of child marriages were found to be severely malnourished, while six hundred and one children born out of such unisons died in the past three years, an expert committee formed by the Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court on Monday. "The numbers are mind boggling," Chief Justice Dipankar Datta observed while later asserting in his order that it was indeed the State's responsibility to sensitize members of the tribal community about the ill effects child marriages and implement legislations for its eradication. On Monday, Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni informed the court that a three- member expert committee was formed to survey marriages of SAM, MAM and child deads in 16 Tribal districts in the last three years. "From the above survey report it can be concluded that, child marriages of the gild child is an important reason for malnutrition and child death in tribal community," the expert committee report read.

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Conduct awareness programmes to curb child marriages among tribals in Wayanad: HC
3 weeks ago

Conduct awareness programmes to curb child marriages among tribals in Wayanad: HC

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court has asked the Kerala Legal Services Authority to conduct awareness programmes against child marriage in all upper primary and high schools and higher secondary schools in Wayanad with the support of the Education and Tribal departments. The Bench passed the order recently while disposing of a suo motu case initiated on the …

Odisha Reports 8,159 Child Marriages in 8 Years: Dy CM
1 month, 1 week ago

Odisha Reports 8,159 Child Marriages in 8 Years: Dy CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Despite ongoing efforts to curb child marriage, Odisha continues to witness a significant number of cases, with 8,159 instances reported over the last six years, according to official data presented in the state Assembly. In a written response, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida revealed that Nabarangpur district has recorded the highest number of child marriages, with 1,347 cases. …

Andhra Pradesh Govt. Prevented 780 Child Marriages, Says Minister Sandhyarani
3 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh Govt. Prevented 780 Child Marriages, Says Minister Sandhyarani

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The TDP-led NDA alliance government has prevented 780 child marriages in special drives organised from July 2024 onwards, women, child and tribal welfare Minister Gummidi Sandhyarani has underlined. The minister said 80,194 growth monitoring devices worth Rs 10.18 crore have been procured to track children's nutritional status. Rs 4.76 crore have been released for procuring 34,66,790 Early Childhood Care …

Child marriage evil still prevalent in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Child marriage evil still prevalent in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district

New Indian Express  

GUNTUR: Despite growing awareness, child marriages continue in Guntur district, with officials attributing the practice to various socio-economic factors. According to the National Family and Health Survey-5, the erstwhile Guntur district ranks fourth in the State for child marriages, with a rate of 35.4%. The Women and Child Welfare Department identified key causes, including poverty, parental insecurity, school dropouts, traditional …

Over 3K child marriage complaints in TN last year; 1,995 were stopped
4 months, 1 week ago

Over 3K child marriage complaints in TN last year; 1,995 were stopped

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu received a total of 3,049 child marriage complaints in 2023, with an average of nearly eight cases being reported to social welfare department on a daily basis. Dindigul district led the state in the number of complaints received, while Namakkal recorded the highest number of child marriages conducted. Western districts occupied at least three spots in the …

State government announces ₹50,000 reward to gram panchayats that prevent child marriages
4 months, 2 weeks ago

State government announces ₹50,000 reward to gram panchayats that prevent child marriages

The Hindu  

To combat child marriage at the grassroots level, the State government has announced a reward of ₹50,000 for gram panchayats that either fully eliminate or significantly reduce child marriage cases. These officers will collaborate with government departments and Non-Governmental Organizations to prevent child marriages. Bidar district reported zero child marriages, with all 29 complaints from April to September 2024 successfully …

Supreme Court's Judgment on Child Marriage: A Violation of Fundamental Constitutional Rights
5 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court's Judgment on Child Marriage: A Violation of Fundamental Constitutional Rights

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has issued guidelines to prevent child marriages, stating that child marriages violate the rights to self-determination, choice, autonomy, sexuality, health and education of children. The Court noted that child marriages impose mature burdens on children who are not physically or mentally prepared to comprehend the significance of marriage. When women are forced into marriages to protect their …

Assam model helps slash child marriage by 81%: Report
8 months, 1 week ago

Assam model helps slash child marriage by 81%: Report

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Assam government’s emphasis on legal intervention in child marriage cases is now a proven model for the rest of the country to follow, a report released on World Day for International Justice on July 17 said. The report titled ‘Towards Justice: Ending Child Marriage’ by India Child Protection said Assam’s legal strategy helped slash child marriages in the …

Ordeal of child marriage victims in Udaipur ends with Legal Services Authority’s help
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ordeal of child marriage victims in Udaipur ends with Legal Services Authority’s help

The Hindu  

The ordeal of two child marriage victims in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district has ended with the District Legal Services Authority pitching in with financial assistance after the nullification of their marriages. The incident came to the notice of the Udaipur Child Welfare Committee, which reached out to an NGO in the district working for the prevention of child marriages. Gayatri Seva …

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages
1 year, 1 month ago

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages

Hindustan Times  

India has made remarkable strides in the decline of child marriages over the last few decades and has led global progress to eliminate the practice. There is also a discrepancy in reported numbers, where despite high prevalence of child marriages recorded under NFHS-V, National Crime Records Bureau’s annual ‘Crime in India’ report recorded an average of only around 360 incidents …

Maharashtra: Child Marriage a Reality in Sugarcane Belt Beed, Where Couples Are Preferred as Farm Labourers
1 year, 7 months ago

Maharashtra: Child Marriage a Reality in Sugarcane Belt Beed, Where Couples Are Preferred as Farm Labourers

News 18  

Child marriage has become a serious issue in Maharashtra, a state known for the women’s education movement started by Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule. In Beed district alone, authorities have intercepted over 160 child marriages in the last eight months while, since January, police have filed 21 FIRs against parents as well as relatives. Maharashtra’s highest number of child marriages in …

Teachers, Anganwadi staff can play a key role in preventing child marriages, says child rights panel chief
1 year, 8 months ago

Teachers, Anganwadi staff can play a key role in preventing child marriages, says child rights panel chief

The Hindu  

State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairman Kesali Appa Rao has said the poor functioning and negligence of the Education Department staff was among the reasons for the continuing child marriages in the State. Speaking at a State-level consultation on ‘AP Prohibition of Child Marriage Rules - 2023’ under the Child Marriage Prohibition Act, 2006, jointly organised by SCPCR, …

Why does child marriage continue to be an issue in India? | In Focus podcast
2 years, 1 month ago

Why does child marriage continue to be an issue in India? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

Earlier this month, Assam began a massive crackdown against child marriages in the State - so far, over 4,000 cases have been registered and over 3,000 people have been arrested. Assam has high rates of child marriage - while the all-India figure as per the latest National Family Health Survey was 23.3%, in Assam, the figure was 31.8 percent. The …

The battle against child marriage
2 years, 1 month ago

The battle against child marriage

The Hindu  

For the first time in more than two decades, a police team from the Ulukunchi outpost came asking questions at Birsingi, a village in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district. Assam’s Director-General of Police, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, said the exercise was planned after the Chief Minister sought action against large-scale child marriages two months ago. Seeking the cooperation of the people …

Assam child marriages: Why Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to be the new-age Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam child marriages: Why Himanta Biswa Sarma wants to be the new-age Raja Ram Mohan Roy

India Today  

On February 3, a young widow and mother of two committed suicide in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar district because she feared her father would soon be arrested. The NFHS-5 revealed that Assam’s total fertility rate —the average number of children born per woman—is 1.9 per cent, below the national average of 2. South Salmara, another Muslim-dominated district, at 44.7 per cent …

Over 4,000 cases lodged as part of campaign against child marriages in Assam
2 years, 1 month ago

Over 4,000 cases lodged as part of campaign against child marriages in Assam

Hindustan Times  

Over 4,000 cases have been registered as part of the campaign against under-aged marriages in Assam, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday. On January 23, the Assam Cabinet approved a crackdown on child marriages as the National Family Health Survey-5 carried out between 2019 and 2020 showed that percentage of women aged between 20-24 married before the legal …

Those who marry girls under 14 to be booked under Pocso: Assam CM
2 years, 2 months ago

Those who marry girls under 14 to be booked under Pocso: Assam CM

Hindustan Times  

Men who marry girls below 14 years in Assam will be booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the information on Monday after a cabinet meeting. And for those who marry children between 14-18 years, action will be taken under provisions of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,” Sarma said. The decision …

Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan
2 years, 4 months ago

Child marriage rears its ugly head in Rajasthan

The Hindu  

On a sunny November afternoon in Banjaras, a tribal hamlet in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, 17-year-old Pooja Banjara sports a smile when asked what she aspires to be in life. “I was just around nine years old when my family fixed my marriage for the first time,” says Pooja, who then had just enrolled herself in a local school run by …

Explained | How is India planning to end child marriage?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | How is India planning to end child marriage?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The steering committee of a global programme to end child marriage is on a visit to India to witness state interventions which have helped reduce the prevalence of child marriage. Eight States have a higher prevalence of child marriage than the national average — West Bengal, Bihar and Tripura top the list with more than 40% …

Jharkhand records country's highest percentage of child marriage among girls
2 years, 5 months ago

Jharkhand records country's highest percentage of child marriage among girls

India TV News  

Highlights Jharkhand has earned the disrepute of having highest percentage of underage girls getting married Jharkhand and West Bengal, only states where half of the women are married before the age of 21 32 people were killed on allegations of practicing witchcraft in Jharkhand in 2015 Child Marriage: Infamous for witchcraft killings, Jharkhand has earned the disrepute of having the …

Bombay High Court Expresses Concern Over Death Of Children Due To Malnutrition In State's Tribal Belt Of Melghat
2 years, 7 months ago

Bombay High Court Expresses Concern Over Death Of Children Due To Malnutrition In State's Tribal Belt Of Melghat

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed concern on deaths of several children due to malnutrition over sixteen years in the tribal belt of Melghat in Amravati District. ".We are mainly concerned with why deaths are not coming down," Chief Justice Dipankar Datta, heading the division bench said. Gilda cited several deaths due to water related issues and submitted that …

More than 15,000 child marriages in 16 Maharashtra districts over last 3 years: Report
2 years, 11 months ago

More than 15,000 child marriages in 16 Maharashtra districts over last 3 years: Report

India Today  

In the last three years, in sixteen mostly tribal-dominated districts of Maharashtra, there have been 15,253 cases of child marriage and 6,582 malnutrition deaths. FINDINGS Just in these 16 districts of Maharashtra, as many as 6,582 child deaths occurred over three years from 2019-20 to 2021-22 due to malnutrition, out of which 601 cases involved parents who were victims of …

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report
3 years, 5 months ago

Child marriage kills over 60 girls a day globally; six girls daily in South Asia, says 'Save The Children' report

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Child marriage kills more than 60 girls a day globally and six girls a day in South Asia, according to a new analysis released on the International Day of the Girl Child that claimed over an estimated 22,000 girls a year are dying from pregnancy and childbirth resulting from child marriage. Child marriage kills more than 60 girls …

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil society quiet?
3 years, 6 months ago

Patralekha Chatterjee | Child marriage law in Raj: Why is civil society quiet?

Deccan Chronicle  

Does the registration of child marriages legitimise them? The context -- last week, the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government brought a new bill amending the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act 2009, on the mandatory registration of marriages, including child marriages. It is more likely to set things back for girls.” Chhaya Pachauli, a health activist and director of Prayas, a …

NCRB Data Shows 50% Rise in Child Marriage Cases in 2020; Experts Say More Reporting May Be Factor
3 years, 6 months ago

NCRB Data Shows 50% Rise in Child Marriage Cases in 2020; Experts Say More Reporting May Be Factor

News 18  

About 50 per cent rise in the cases of child marriages has been recorded in 2020 over the previous year, according to the recent NCRB data, with experts saying it does not only mean there has been an increase in these instances but that there also has been a rise in reporting. According to the National Crime Records Bureau data …

About 50% rise in child marriage cases in 2020; experts say more reporting may be a factor
3 years, 6 months ago

About 50% rise in child marriage cases in 2020; experts say more reporting may be a factor

India Today  

About 50 per cent rise in the cases of child marriages has been recorded in 2020 over the previous year, according to the recent NCRB data, with experts saying it does not only mean there has been an increase in these instances but that there also has been a rise in reporting. According to the National Crime Records Bureau data …

Elopements most prosecuted under child marriage law: Study
3 years, 7 months ago

Elopements most prosecuted under child marriage law: Study

The Hindu  

Legal proceedings against child marriages are commonly undertaken against elopements whereas forced child marriages often go unpunished, finds a new study. The report — “Child Marriage Prosecutions in India” — brought out by Partners for Law in Development, a Delhi-based legal resource group, analysed 83 high court and district court verdicts in cases relating to child marriage from 2008 and …

Spike in child marriages, says Assam Social Welfare Department data
3 years, 7 months ago

Spike in child marriages, says Assam Social Welfare Department data

The Hindu  

Cases of child marriage in Assam are on the rise, data provided by the State’s Social Welfare Department said. Social Welfare Minister Ajanta Neog told the Assembly on August 10 that 3,192 child marriages were recorded from 2016-17 fiscal to the 2020-21 financial year. The child marriage figure jumped to 1,089 during 2019-20, the financial year when Chief Minister Himanta …

Haryana: Hisar District Administration Stops 3 Child Marriages in 2 Days
3 years, 8 months ago

Haryana: Hisar District Administration Stops 3 Child Marriages in 2 Days

News 18  

Child marriage is a punishable offence in India, still there are some people who do not refrain from this practice. In Hisar district of Haryana, the authorities have stopped marriages of three minor girls in two days. Now, one more case from Badhawar village in the district has come to light in which a 17-year-old girl was allegedly forced to …

Pandemic pushes poor to marry off underage children
3 years, 9 months ago

Pandemic pushes poor to marry off underage children

The Hindu  

The disturbing trend of reported increase in attempts to marry off underage girls by poor families in the rural areas — especially in the tribal habitations in Karepalli, one of the mandals hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic — has posed a major challenge to the government agencies involved in the curbing the menace of child marriages amid the trying …

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY
4 years, 5 months ago

17.26 Million Married Children and Adolescents in 10-19 Age Group Present in India: CRY

News 18  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. “With a huge burden of under-age marriage – 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report
4 years, 5 months ago

17.26 million married children, adolescents in 10-19 age group present in India: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There are 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years in India, child rights NGO CRY said in a new study, highlighting the burden of under-age marriage plaguing the country. "With a huge burden of under-age marriage - 17.26 million married children and adolescents within the age group of 10-19 years or 7 …

Increase in child marriage cases in Maharashtra due to lockdown: Reports
4 years, 7 months ago

Increase in child marriage cases in Maharashtra due to lockdown: Reports

Op India  

As per a report by journalist Kamlesh Sutar of India Today Group, child marriages in Maharashtra have registered a sharp rise in recent times, as families battle the economic woes caused by the coronavirus-induced lockdown. More than 200 cases of child marriages reported in Maharashtra from March to June 2020 The phenomenon of rise in child marriages is not unique …

Sharp rise in child marriages during lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

Sharp rise in child marriages during lockdown

The Hindu  

A sharp rise in child marriages has been reported during the COVID-19 lockdown and the subsequent two months, with officials of the Women and Child Development Department stumbling upon over 100 such instances in Mysuru district alone between mid-March and July. Though the officials claimed they had averted most of the child marriages after receiving tip-offs, a follow-up by the …

Lockdown: 165 child marriages stopped
4 years, 10 months ago

Lockdown: 165 child marriages stopped

The Hindu  

Officials of the Women Development and Child Welfare Department prevented 165 child marriages in the State during the 49-day lockdown period. “The Integrated Child Development Services, Integrated Child Protection Scheme, Disha Centres, Child Marriage Prohibition Officers, Anganwadi workers, police and Asha workers with the help of locals stopped the minor marriages,” WD&CW Director Krithika Shukla said. The teams responded to …

Odisha district to give cash reward for info on child marriage
5 years, 3 months ago

Odisha district to give cash reward for info on child marriage

India TV News  

The administration in Odisha's Ganjam district has launched an initiative under which any person who provided tip-off about a child marriage would receive a cash reward of Rs 5,000, an official said. According to District Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange, the Ganjam administration, along with NGOs and self-help groups, has foiled as many as 38 child marriages this year. "Around 4.50 …

Task force to check child marriages in Odisha's Koraput district
5 years, 6 months ago

Task force to check child marriages in Odisha's Koraput district

India Today  

A task force has been constituted in Odisha's Koraput district to check the practice of child marriage, common among the tribal communities in the region, a senior official said. Against a state average of 21.3 per cent and a national average of 26.8 per cent, the annual rate of child marriage in the district is 34.7 per cent. Child marriage …

Child marriages flourish among Muslims in Assam with alleged collusion of court officials, lawyers and ignorant parents
5 years, 8 months ago

Child marriages flourish among Muslims in Assam with alleged collusion of court officials, lawyers and ignorant parents

Firstpost  

Prepared as a legal document and authenticated by the notary of a lower court, the affidavits are considered as “marriage deeds” of a minor who is yet to attain the age of consent, often with a person thrice her age. After both parties decide on the marriage, they go to the notary for a ‘legal agreement’,” said Illias Rahman Sarkar, …

Child marriage widespread in Bihar, Rajasthan and Bengal: Unicef report
6 years, 1 month ago

Child marriage widespread in Bihar, Rajasthan and Bengal: Unicef report

India Today  

Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report 'Factsheet Child Marriages 2019' released by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund late on Monday stated that while …

NCPCR report reveals a significant decline in child marriages across India, prevalence highest among SC/ST castes
6 years, 6 months ago

NCPCR report reveals a significant decline in child marriages across India, prevalence highest among SC/ST castes

Op India  

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, in its report released on Tuesday, has stated that the number of girls getting married in the 15-19 years age group has come down significantly in the last decade. The report states that according to the NFHS, the prevalence of girl child marriage in the 15-19 age group is 14% in rural …

Child marriage is a bane in India: A glance at several shocking facts
6 years, 8 months ago

Child marriage is a bane in India: A glance at several shocking facts

India Today  

The issue of child marriage has always been an alarming one. Various reasons for child marriage Child marriages often occurred throughout history and are still prevailing due to variety of reasons including: Poverty Insecurity Political and financial reasons Lack of education Patriarchy and gender inequalities Inadequate implementation of the law "Society nowadays does not follow the texts recommending child - …

Global Development: An Indian activist fights in court to help child brides and grooms win their lives back
6 years, 9 months ago

Global Development: An Indian activist fights in court to help child brides and grooms win their lives back

LA Times  

The abuse began days after she moved in with her husband. One of India’s most successful campaigners against child marriage, Bharti runs a one-woman hotline for underage brides and grooms in northwestern India, her name and number printed in newspaper articles touting her unique approach: Instead of merely preaching against the illegal marriages, she fights them in court. Kriti Bharti …

UNICEF report says child marriages in India are on the decline
7 years ago

UNICEF report says child marriages in India are on the decline

Op India  

UNICEF in a press release has said that 25 million child marriages were prevented in the past decade. We must double our efforts worldwide to #ENDChildMarriage once and for all → https://t.co/eyVyLFaOpBpic.twitter.com/qs1q1D1CHn — UNICEF March 6, 2018 UNICEF also said that 1/3 of global child marriages happen in India. In a progress report titled ‘Ending Child Marriage in India’ the …

NHRC asks states to adopt zero-tolerance policy for child marriages as India sees 3,600 cases every day
7 years, 2 months ago

NHRC asks states to adopt zero-tolerance policy for child marriages as India sees 3,600 cases every day

Firstpost  

With India recording around 3,600 child marriages every day, the National Human Rights Commission has asked states to strictly enforce the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act Bhubaneswar: With India recording around 3,600 child marriages every day, the National Human Rights Commission has asked states to adopt a zero-tolerance policy to curb the social menace and strictly enforce the Prohibition of …

SC says 23 million minor brides in India; one out of five weddings violate laws prohibiting child marriage
7 years, 5 months ago

SC says 23 million minor brides in India; one out of five weddings violate laws prohibiting child marriage

Firstpost  

Expressing dismay over an alarming figure of 23 million child brides in the country, the Supreme Court has said one out of every five marriages violated laws prohibiting child marriage. New Delhi: Expressing dismay over an alarming figure of 23 million child brides in the country, the Supreme Court has said one out of every five marriages violated laws prohibiting …

Poverty still the leading cause of child marriage
7 years, 5 months ago

Poverty still the leading cause of child marriage

Deccan Chronicle  

Mysuru: Child marriages may be banned in the country, but they are rampant in the Uppar community found in several villages of T Narsipur taluk, and what is more, the people here openly justify them saying they are part of their custom. Going by sources in the Women and Child Development Department, there have been at least 32 child marriages …

Telangana: Child marriages go on despite the law
7 years, 7 months ago

Telangana: Child marriages go on despite the law

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Child marriages have been a pressing issue since a long time even after piecing together laws to arrest them. In the past 10 months, we have averted about 12 child marriages in the Shamshabad area,” said PV Padmaja, deputy commissioner of police, Shamshabad. And she is literally stigmatised,” said V. Padmavathi, a member of the child welfare committee for …

Laws prohibiting child marriage have failed due to non-acceptance by society: SC judge AK Sikri
7 years, 9 months ago

Laws prohibiting child marriage have failed due to non-acceptance by society: SC judge AK Sikri

Firstpost  

AK Sikri termed child marriage as a violation of human rights and said there was a need to ensure proper implementation of legislations to curb such socio-legal issues New Delhi: Child marriage is a “menace” that does not give children a choice and the laws prohibiting this social ill have failed due to their non-acceptance by society, Supreme Court judge …

Child marriages: The other side
8 years, 5 months ago

Child marriages: The other side

Deccan Chronicle  

Malappuram: Jenna, 17, is one of the bright students of a Plus-Two class in a higher secondary school in the north-eastern part of Malappuram district. Jenna’s story sheds light on the bitter reality of child marriages in Malappuram, a district haunted by the menace in spite of many laudable strides and developments over the past few years, especially in education. …

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