Earlier, the top court had directed the Ministry of Women and Child Development to file a status report detailing steps taken by it to execute the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
The case was filed against the man, a resident of the Ramnathpur police station area, on January 18 last year by the family of the girl when she did not return home after attending a religious event in a nearby village.
Assam: There is a mixed-bag reaction on the ongoing crackdown by Assam police on child marriage. A section of people appreciated the move while another section criticize citing the livelihood of women and children.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asserted that the drive against child marriage, launched by the state police will continue till the next Assembly elections in 2026.
His comments come in the backdrop of the state government deciding to bring stringent laws and evoking the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to check child marriages and underage motherhood.
Child Marriage: The percentage of girls getting married before attaining majority is as high as 5.8 in Jharkhand, according to the survey brought out by the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs.
The Unicef said the problem was now "most severe" in Africa but even so, Ethiopia had cut child marriage rates by a third.
New Delhi: India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and the second-highest number of child marriages, according to a U.N. report which said the country still needs
New Delhi, Oct 12: A UN body has said that there has been a decline in the rate of child marriages among young girls in India but the progress is not sufficient to guarantee their
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