Women's Commission stops child marriage in Palam, Delhi
6 years, 1 month ago

Women's Commission stops child marriage in Palam, Delhi

India Today  

The Delhi Commission for Women received a complaint about a 13-year-old girl being forced to get married in Palam, Delhi. The Commission, on learning about the complaint, immediately deputed senior counsellors who visited the victim’s house in Palam. DCW immediately involved Delhi Police in the matter and informed the SHO about the situation. DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal said, "It's a matter of great shame that in today's India, little girls are being married off in the capital.

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Delhi HC summons woman to verify man's claim of consensual marriage
1 month ago

Delhi HC summons woman to verify man's claim of consensual marriage

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has directed a woman to appear in person to verify whether her marriage with a man was consensual or not. Delhi HC summons woman to verify man's claim of consensual marriage When the woman appeared before the bench of Justices Pratibha M Singh and Amit Sharma through video-conferencing, her video was not switched on …

Woman kills her child to marry lover in Delhi
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Woman kills her child to marry lover in Delhi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi:A woman allegedly strangled her fiver-year-old daughter to death in northwest Delhi to marry a man she met on Instagram, police said on Saturday. A case was was registered immediately and the child's relatives including the mother was interrogated, Delhi Police said in a statement. The woman also revealed that before coming to Delhi, she was living with a …

Delhi: ‘Frustrated’ mother strangles 5-year-old girl to marry lover
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi: ‘Frustrated’ mother strangles 5-year-old girl to marry lover

Hindustan Times  

A woman in northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar allegedly strangled her five-year-old daughter to death for not being able to marry a man she befriended on Instagram, police said on Saturday. Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital had on Friday informed the police about a child being brought dead to their facility, news agency PTI reported. Immediately, a case was registered and the …

Police complaint lodged against 17-year-old boy for ‘marrying and impregnating’ minor girl
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Police complaint lodged against 17-year-old boy for ‘marrying and impregnating’ minor girl

The Hindu  

The Krishna Child Welfare Committee lodged a police complaint against a 17-year-old boy on charge of marrying a minor girl who is three months pregnant now. According to Krishna Child Welfare Committee member Chandragiri Radha Kumari, the One Town police referred the case to Krishna district CWC for rehabilitation of the girl. “We have lodged a complaint with the One …

Delhi woman kills 9-day-old daughter as she wanted a son
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi woman kills 9-day-old daughter as she wanted a son

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a barbaric, inhumane and shocking case of female infanticide, a 22-year-old woman murdered her 9-day-old daughter in the national capital as she wanted a son and 'not a girl'. DCP Jimmy Chiram said that the father of the victim girl came to Mundka police station and reported that his wife has slit the throat of her newborn …

Three arrested in child marriage case
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Three arrested in child marriage case

The Hindu  

The Shankarnarayana police of Udupi district have arrested three persons, including a minor girl’s father and bridegroom, in connection with a case of child marriage. The police said the marriage of a 17 year and eight months old girl was carried out on May 21. Following counselling, personnel from the office of Kundapura Child Development Project Officer found that the …

Ordeal of child marriage victims in Udaipur ends with Legal Services Authority’s help
8 months 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
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages

Hindustan Times  

The government can lead the way by prioritising the swift implementation of rules under the Act and devising key policy measures for the empowerment of adolescent girls. In addition to socio-economic solutions, comprehensive measures will be required to streamline coordination and promote convergence among key stakeholders, including those charged with implementing the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, the Protection …

Analysing India’s progress towards the elimination of child marriages
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Unending saga of Chittoor’s child brides
1 year, 3 months ago

Unending saga of Chittoor’s child brides

The Hindu  

In the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the parents of a 13-year-old girl in a remote village of Bangarupalem mandal in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district frantically searched for medical help as the teen went into labour. Child marriage remains a harsh reality for over 100 forested villages in Bangarupalem, Palamaner, Gangavaram, Baireddipalle, V.Kota and Kuppam mandals in Chittoor …

Man allegedly raped wife's minor sister, then claimed he married her too. Delhi HC acquits citing Muslim law
1 year, 4 months ago

Man allegedly raped wife's minor sister, then claimed he married her too. Delhi HC acquits citing Muslim law

Firstpost  

The incident came to light through a first information report filed by the child’s mother, asserting that during October and November 2014, while the child was alone, the accused visited their residence four to five times and committed sexual assault The Delhi High Court has recently reaffirmed the acquittal of a Muslim man who had been accused of sexually assaulting …

Delhi minor rape case: ‘Girl suffered panic attacks after incident’, says cop
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi minor rape case: ‘Girl suffered panic attacks after incident’, says cop

Live Mint  

Delhi government's Women and Child Development department senior official has been detained after he was accused of repeatedly raping his deceased friend's teenaged daughter between November 2020 to January 2021. According to DCP North District Sagar Singh Kalsi, the teenaged girl, who is a class 12 student ‘has been under stress and tension. Action will be taken after recording the …

Minor forced to worked as help, rescued from Greater Kailash
1 year, 5 months ago

Minor forced to worked as help, rescued from Greater Kailash

The Hindu  

The Delhi Commission for Women on Tuesday said a 14-year-old girl has been rescued from a house in south Delhi’s Greater Kailash where she was forced by a couple to work as a domestic help. “The girl said that she fled her house and came to Delhi in 2021 because her brother and sister-in-law used to beat her,” the DCW …

Ahmednagar: Classmate harasses 14-year-old Hindu girl forcing to marry him
1 year, 6 months ago

Ahmednagar: Classmate harasses 14-year-old Hindu girl forcing to marry him

Op India  

The Maharashtra Police have booked a Muslim minor boy for threatening a Hindu minor girl and forcing her into marriage. The accused person forcefully tried to stop the girl on her way home after she complained of severe stomach ache. Complaint by the minor girl The accused who is a resident of the Indiranagar area of the town threatened that …

Uttar Pradesh: 13 booked for minor girl marriage with 35-year-old man in Pilibhit
1 year, 7 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: 13 booked for minor girl marriage with 35-year-old man in Pilibhit

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh news: Thirteen people have been booked by the police for allegedly getting a 15-year-old girl married to a 35-year-old man, said police today. 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 …

HC says Law Commission needs to rethink age criteria for consensual sex
2 years, 2 months ago

HC says Law Commission needs to rethink age criteria for consensual sex

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has said that the Law Commission of India will have to rethink the age criteria in law for having consensual sex to address the issue of instances of sexual intercourse as a result of mutual love affair amongst minor girls and boys, who are aged above 16 but are below 18. A Division Bench, comprising …

Delhi: 8-year-old Girl Killed by Neighbour in Narela, DCW Issues Notice to Police
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: 8-year-old Girl Killed by Neighbour in Narela, DCW Issues Notice to Police

News 18  

An eight-year-old girl was allegedly killed by her neighbour in north Delhi's Narela area, police said on Saturday. Police ruled out any sexual assault angle in the case and attributed the murder to the strained relationship the victim's brother had with the accused. The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to police over the incident after it received …

Delhi HC cites Sharia to justify child marriage, calls a 15-year-old's marriage legal
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi HC cites Sharia to justify child marriage, calls a 15-year-old's marriage legal

Op India  

The Delhi High Court recently justified child marriage by upholding the legality of a 15-year-old minor girl’s marriage, stating that she is of ‘Marriageable Age’ under Islamic Sharia Law. Granting protection to the couple, the Court observed: “It is thus clear that as per Mohammedan Law girl who had attained the age of puberty could marry without the consent of …

Punjab and Haryana HC cites Sharia to justify child marriage
2 years, 6 months ago

Punjab and Haryana HC cites Sharia to justify child marriage

Op India  

On Monday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a Muslim girl above the age of 16 years is competent to marry any person of her choice. Observations made by the Punjab and Haryana High Court The Court ruled that a Muslim marriage is governed by the Muslim personal law, which allows marriage above the age of 16 years. …

'Conscious Decision': Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against Man Who Married Girl Aged 17 Yrs 11 Months & 12 Days
3 years ago

'Conscious Decision': Delhi HC Quashes FIR Against Man Who Married Girl Aged 17 Yrs 11 Months & 12 Days

Live Law  

Noting that it was a conscious decision, the Delhi High Court has quashed FIR against a man who had married a girl aged 17 years 11 months & 12 days i.e. Noting that the girl was nearly 18 years old, the Court after perusing her statement observed thus: "The petitioner has married "K" and is living happily with him. On …

Class 9 girl in Rajasthan stops her wedding with SOS message to child helpline
3 years, 1 month ago

Class 9 girl in Rajasthan stops her wedding with SOS message to child helpline

Hindustan Times  

JAIPUR: A class 9 student of a government school in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district approached a child helpline on Monday to stop her wedding scheduled a few days later, saying she wanted to continue going to school. Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Sangeeta Beniwal said most complaints of child marriages received by them in the state pertain to …

Delhi High Court slams UP cops over arrests after consensual marriage latest updates – India TV
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court slams UP cops over arrests after consensual marriage latest updates – India TV

India TV News  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday slammed the Uttar Pradesh Police for arresting the kin of a man who had married a woman without the consent of her family. The court said the UP Police personnel, who came to Delhi pursuant to an alleged kidnapping complaint by the girl's mother, ought to have intimated the local police in Delhi and …

Child marriage valid if 'child' doesn't declare it void at 18: Punjab and Haryana HC
3 years, 3 months ago

Child marriage valid if 'child' doesn't declare it void at 18: Punjab and Haryana HC

India Today  

A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that a marriage contracted with a minor girl would be legally valid if the child upon turning 18 does not declare it void. It would become valid if no steps are taken by the ‘child’ to declare the marriage void on attaining majority, the high court ruled. “In …

Elopements most prosecuted under child marriage law: Study
3 years, 4 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 …

"Can't Rule Out Possibility Of Forced Marriage": P&H High Court Directs Inquiry Into Marriage Of 19 Yr Old Girl With 67 Yr Old Man
3 years, 5 months ago

"Can't Rule Out Possibility Of Forced Marriage": P&H High Court Directs Inquiry Into Marriage Of 19 Yr Old Girl With 67 Yr Old Man

Live Law  

Calling it a shocking case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed a team of police officials to enquire into the marriage of a 19-year-old Girl with a 67-year-old man.The Bench of Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri was hearing the protection plea of the couple who claimed that. Calling it a shocking case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court …

14-Year-Old Married Off To 40-Year-Old In Bihar Village
3 years, 6 months ago

14-Year-Old Married Off To 40-Year-Old In Bihar Village

News 18  

The government has made strict laws against child marriage across the country and has been running an awareness campaign regarding this. Despite these efforts, a 14-year-old girl from Bihar’s Purnea district was allegedly married off to a 40-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district on June 27. On the date fixed, the man arrived at Dimia Chhatarjan village in Purnea …

Children Attain Maturity Long Before They Turn 'Major': P&H HC Allows 17 Year Old Girl To Stay With Mother Of Boy She Married [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Children Attain Maturity Long Before They Turn 'Major': P&H HC Allows 17 Year Old Girl To Stay With Mother Of Boy She Married [Read Order]

Live Law  

Children these days attain both physiological as well as psychological maturity long before they complete the ages of majority fixed for them by the statute long ago, remarked the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a judgment passed last week.Justice Sanjay Kumar observed that it is scientifically recognized fact that girls tend to be more mature than boys of the …

Delhi: Family tries to marry off 13-year-old daughter, teen rescued by DCW
4 years, 3 months ago

Delhi: Family tries to marry off 13-year-old daughter, teen rescued by DCW

India Today  

A 13-year-old girl was rescued by the Delhi Commission for Women, three days before her family planned to forcibly marry her off. The complainant informed that the girl's 'Haldi' ceremony was scheduled for October 5, following which a DCW team visited the given address along with Delhi Police personnel and found that the house was properly decorated and several marriage …

Child marriages flourish among Muslims in Assam with alleged collusion of court officials, lawyers and ignorant parents
5 years, 6 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, …

Delhi: Woman refuses to marry man, he kidnaps her 9-year-old daughter
5 years, 7 months ago

Delhi: Woman refuses to marry man, he kidnaps her 9-year-old daughter

India Today  

This is a man's one-sided love story and a case of kidnapping. On Monday evening, the woman registered a complaint at Vijay Vihar police station in Delhi's Rohini district. The woman told the police that Kamlesh is a mechanic and earlier he had come to her place for some work. After getting more information, the Delhi Police was quick to …

Child marriage widespread in Bihar, Rajasthan and Bengal: Unicef report
5 years, 11 months 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 …

Supreme Court allows girl to live with kin post marriage
6 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court allows girl to live with kin post marriage

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Accepting a girl’s statement that she wanted to stay with her parents, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Jain girl, who had married a Muslim boy, after his conversion to Hinduism, to return to her parent’s home. The girl Anjali Jain who was produced before a three judge bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. …

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