The Allahabad High Court, in a significant judgement, has held that Muslim personal law recognising puberty as the age of marriage cannot override laws like the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) and the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), which criminalise sexual relations with a child. A bench of justices JJ Munir and…
During the raid, police recovered a firearm Shivamogga: Thirthahalli police raided a house in Aklapura and seized a locally manufactured firearm, arresting a 56-year-old man, Sudhakar Achari.The raid followed specific inputs that the suspect was manufacturing illegal country-made weapons. During the operation, police recovered a firearm from his possession. He was arrested for possessing the…
Ludhiana: Eight people from a neighboring state are under a cross-border child trafficking and forced marriage investigation involving a girl who was allegedly sold by her father as a toddler.The investigation commenced after the 17-year-old survivor escaped captivity, gave birth to a child, and filed a complaint detailing over a decade of systemic abuse across…
Ludhiana: Eight people from a neighboring state are under a cross-border child trafficking and forced marriage investigation involving a girl who was allegedly sold by her father as a toddler.The investigation commenced after the 17-year-old survivor escaped captivity, gave birth to a child, and filed a complaint detailing over a decade of systemic abuse across…
Kushtagi (Koppal): The court of the principal civil judge has sentenced three persons in connection with a child marriage solemnised in a village of the taluk in 2019.Principal Civil Judge Mayappa Pujeri awarded two years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs.10,000 to groom Santosh Kori for marrying a minor girl.The girl’s father was sentenced to…
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur Monday granted divorce to a woman, overturning a Family Court order that had rejected her plea, and made strong observations against the traditional “aata-sata” marriage practice, describing it as “legally and morally bankrupt” and akin to “marital barter”.A division bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Sunil Beniwal…
