A child marriage is a marriage between the parties where:Both people marrying are minors, orOne of them is a child/minor.For a woman, age of marriage is 18 years.For a man, age of marri
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Child Marriage
Indian law prohibits child marriage but leaves it to the children to decide whether they want to cancel the marriage or not if the marriage has taken place. However, there are punishments for those male adults who marry girls below the age of 18 years and those who either promote, participate or perform any child marriages.
Child marriage is an age old practice in India. To address this social issue, the law prohibits people from performing child marriages and lays down punishments for those involved in conduct
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Conducting child marriages is also a crime:Conducting a child marriage: Anyone who performs or helps in performing a child marriage will be committing a crime.Parents/Guardians conducting marriage: If
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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 t
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Where a child marriage has taken place, the person who was a child at the time of marriage, has an option to cancel the marriage. You can cancel a child marriage in the following manner:Where do you f
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In certain cases under the child marriage law, the marriage will be considered to have not occurred in the first place. Such instances are as under:When a child is kidnapped for the purpose
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The law offers certain protections to girls who have been married below the age of 18 years and have filed for cancelling their marriage, such as:Payment of MaintenanceThe district court can
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Irrespective of whether the child marriage has been cancelled or not, as per the law, a child born out of such a marriage would be considered a legitimate child under the law.Custody of ChildrenAs for
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Anyone can file a complaint of child marriage, including the child. It doesn't matter whether the child marriage has taken place or not as it can be filed at any time before or after the marriage. A c
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Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CPMO) are appointed by the State governments to curb issues of child marriages in each State. These officers are responsible for reporting and preventing child mar
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When the Court receives credible information that a child marriage has been arranged or is about to take place, it can issue an order prohibitingthe persons from conducting and organizing such ma
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