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Classmates help prevent 12 child marriages through helpline number on report cards
June 11, 2024 9:06 pm
In early May, following the declaration of results in most schools, students were handed report cards bearing the child helpline numbers 1098 and 112.
13-year-olds set to get married in Pakistan after boy gives an ultimatum to parents, shocked netizen react
February 24, 2024 8:52 am
In Pakistan, the legal marriage age for males is 18, but for females, it remains 16.
Overnight crackdown, tip-offs from sources: Behind the 916 child marriage arrests in Assam
October 04, 2023 7:44 am
Of those arrested, 551 are men accused of marrying underage girls, 351 are relatives of either the husband or wife, and 14 are religious functionaries who had solemnised these marriages.
HC seeks details on appointment, action against Child Marriage Prohibition Officers in Maharashtra
July 13, 2023 2:14 am
It added that there is a requirement to set up a special juvenile police unit to work in coordination with various authorities. It also sought a system to rescue such victims, cancel the marriage and take penal action against parents.
FIR after official alleges child marriage; cops mull POCSO case
July 06, 2023 12:45 am
The complaint alleged that the marriage took place on October 20, 2022, when the child was 17 years and two months old
Amid child marriage at temple claims, CPI(M) trains guns on Tamil Nadu Governor
June 28, 2023 8:24 am
The Indian Express has learnt that four FIRs were filed in October 2022 in connection with alleged child marriages at the temple, based on complaints from two Tamil Nadu social welfare officers, Chithra and Meena.
Underage marriages being cancelled due to crackdown: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
February 17, 2023 5:36 pm
Opposition parties have criticised the manner in which the drive is being carried out, terming the arrests of teenage husbands and family members as an "abuse of law" for political gain, and equating the police action with "terrorising people".
Assam constitutes panel to frame policy to rehabilitate victims of child marriage
February 10, 2023 5:17 am
This comes against the backdrop of the completion of a week of Assam government’s crackdown against child marriage in the state. As of 5 pm on Thursday, 2,763 people across the state had been arrested in the drive while the police have registered FIRs in 4,135 cases.
Assam's crackdown on child marriages is driven more by politics than concern for women
February 14, 2023 10:02 am
Criminalisation of underage marriages only leads to suppression or falsification of information on matters of age and age at marriage. It will only make women even more vulnerable, encourage concealment, and strengthen prejudices against minorities and the poor
Maharashtra strengthens rules on prohibition of child marriage, lays out officials’ responsibility
October 31, 2022 9:05 pm
The state Women and Child Welfare Department (WCD) published a notification of the rules on October 21. The new rules were based on the recommendations made by a committee set up by the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
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