Child Marriage

Bombay HC allows child marriage victim to terminate pregnancy over foetal abnormalities

April 18, 2024

Bombay HC allows child marriage victim to terminate pregnancy over foetal abnormalities

The 17-year-old girl had filed a petition in Bombay HC saying scans had shown that the foetus had skeletal anomalies.

April 05, 2024
Child marriage in Kozhikode: 5 booked on complaint of 15-year-old from Madurai

The class 9 girl was allegedly married to a 28-year-old man residing at East Hill.
March 16, 2023
Child marriage in Idamalakkudi: ‘Groom’ arrested after two months

Munnar Police arrested Kandathikkudi-native T Raman (45) on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) charges.
February 06, 2023
Assam: Crackdown on child marriage continues, total arrests 2,441

Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma had on Saturday asserted that the drive to end the social menace would go on till the next assembly polls, drawing flak of opposition camps, which called the move a "hurriedly carried out publicity stunt".
February 05, 2023
Child marriage in Munnar again; girl pregnant, case registered

The marriage of a 17-year-old girl with a 26-year-old youth was conducted by her mother and relatives.
January 30, 2023
Idukki child marriage: 47-year-old man marries 16-year-old girl

The man is married and is the father of two children.
January 24, 2023
Child marriage at Nedumangad: Girl's father, two others arrested

The youth who married the girl had been jailed on POCSO charges in 2021.

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