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
Despite child marriage being illegal in India under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006, they are still prevalent in some states, including Rajasthan
New Delhi: In what highlights the regressive approach that still exists in the Indian society, a five-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were today married off by their families in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh, drawing Chief Minister
Madurai: The Madras High Court here has held that a wedding between minor girl and boy will not become void automatically without either of them obtaining a decree of divorce from family court within two
New Delhi: In a country where incidents of female foeticide, child marriage and widening sex-ratio are everyday flooding the newspapers, here comes a ray of sunshine.A village in southern Rajasthan's Rajsamand district celebrates the birth
Jodhpur: A country where 47% girls get married below 18 and accept it as their fate has very few brave-hearts who have stood against such ordeals of their respective communities and fought to break free.One
Jodhpur: A girl's decision to annul her marriage which was solemnised in her infancy has invited the wrath of the village panchayat which has slapped a hefty fine of Rs 16 lakh and banished the
New Delhi: According to Census 2011 data, 41.3 per cent of all girls aged 19 in India have married.And out of over 10 million girls of this age during the census, over 4.1 million were
Shivlal is a student of Class 8. Of late, he has been faring poorly in his studies. He has also told his mother that he will flunk in the annual exam.The reason: He is to
New Delhi: About one-third of all married women in the country tied the knot before they were 18 year old as per the Census 2011 data released recently.The proportion is much smaller in men, just
Indore: This is the story of Pooja Chaudhary, a 10th class student who was being forced by her parents to get married.When the girl took help from Child Marriage and Women empowerment office, her father
Airbus A320 crashes in southern France, 150 feared deadA passenger jet carrying 150 people crashed Tuesday in a remote area of the French Alps as it flew from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, authorities said.As search-and-rescue teams
New Delhi: From prostitution to seeing death of two of her children, she has gone through all pain.This is a story of a woman who was sold by her parents when she was barely 10,
Mumbai: “Balika Vadhu” brought a social menace of society -- child marriage -- into the limelight, and now with an 11-year-old leap, the show makers are set to revisit the original theme of the show
Inspiring someone is a tough task as one has to actually bring out a visible change in society for others to notice, appreciate and take the change forward!Some of them find instant success, while others
Kolkata: India has witnessed a decline in child marriage in the last two decades, but going by the slow pace it will require another 50 years to abolish the practice from the country, according to
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