Despite a ban on child marriage, a disturbing video of a little boy and girl dressed in wedding attires has surfaced online, ...

The judgment underlines that comprehensive efforts to address child marriage should go beyond prevention and prosecution, and ...

And while these efforts have had an impact nationally—child marriages in India dropped from 54.2 per cent in 1992-93 to 23.3 ...

Child marriages, have become more common in India's eastern state of West Bengal, accounting for 15.2 per cent of all child marriages in the country But, programmes by youths, religious leaders ...

The Indian legal system also reflects similar thinking ... against a family court's refusal to declare his marriage void.

across India at risk of child marriage due to irregular school attendance. Initiated ahead of Akshya Tritya, the drive mapped over 6 lakh schools, urging states to reinforce preventive measures ...

According to the latest data from Lok Sabha, in 2018, Karnataka recorded the second-highest number of child marriages in ...

A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices ... implementation of the law on prevention of child marriages in the country. The bench, however, noted the issue ...

The partners of the Alliance, supporting the Child Marriage Free India campaign, were petitioners in the case that resulted ...

Rights activists have lauded a top court order to prevent child marriages in India, where over 1 million children entered into wedlock in the 2023-24 period. The Supreme Court on Oct. 18 said child ...

Issuing a slew of directions for the effective implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, the Supreme Court on Friday said that child marriage deprives children of their agency ...

The Supreme Court on Friday gave comprehensive directions to address child marriages in India, issuing a specific order to integrate comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) into school curricula ...