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Parental Responsibility of their Child’s Marriage

Last updated on Apr 8, 2022

In most crimes, the responsibility to prove the guilt lies on the public prosecutor, an advocate for the State. However, under this law, if a child marriage has taken place, then it will be presumed that the parent or guardian responsible for the child failed to prevent the child marriage from taking place. 

 

It is important to note that women cannot be punished with imprisonment under this law, and can only be fined. 

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Prof. G. Bhagavannarayana

March 4, 2024

Very useful. In some villages, many people do not know even now about the fact that child marriage is crime and the parents are mainly responsible for this. Child marriage, in many ways detrimental or even harmful to the married children. Sometimes, the parents may also knowingly or unknowingly spoil the career of such children, such as to stop the education of girl Child, which is detrimental to the whole family. Such children’s life may not be same as that of their counterparts.

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