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Pay Legal Expenses, Husband Told As Court Annuls Child Marriage Of Woman
Married off at the age of just four months, a woman came out of a 20-year unwanted situation on Monday when a family court annulled her child marriage.
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Iraq Proposes Law To Reduce Legal Age Of Marriage For Girls To 9
A proposed bill in Iraq's parliament has sparked widespread outrage and concern, as it seeks to reduce the legal age of marriage for girls to just 9 years old.
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"Nothing Sexual": 63-Year-Old Ghana Priest Defends Marrying 12-Year-Old Girl
The spokesperson of priest Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII said the girl is not expected to fulfil marital duties until she reaches the legal age of consent, which is 16 in Ghana.
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Supreme Court Declines Request Seeking Uniform Marriage Age For Men, Women
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to equalise the legal age of marriage for men and women.
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Opinion: 1 Woman MP, 30 Men To Consider Legal Marriageable Age For Women
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill introduced in parliament in the winter session sought to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 for women in the country.
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On Marriage Age Bill, Trinamool MP Wants All Women Lawmakers To Testify
Trinamool MP Sushmita Dev, the only woman member of a parliamentary panel that is examining the bill for raising the legal age of marriage for females, has written to its chairperson requesting him to allow all women MPs to testify before the panel.
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"1 Woman In Committee Of 31": MP Priyanka Chaturvedi On Marriage Age Bill
Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has raised concerns over the make-up of a committee that is looking into a bill for raising the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21.
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Panel Examining Bill To Raise Legal Age Of Marriage Has 1 Woman Member Out Of 31
The parliamentary panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members.
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UP Khaps Want Promises To Farmers Kept, Oppose Girls' Marriage Age Change
Heads of several Khaps held a meeting here demanding fulfilment of promises made to agitating farmers in Delhi, and also opposed the centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women.
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"If Girl Mature At 16...": Samajwadi MP's Shocker On Marriage Age
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav later distanced himself from such comments, stressing that his party is progressive and has launched several schemes for the welfare and development of women and girls.
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Centre Issued Notice Over Plea To Equalise Legal Age Of Marriage
The Delhi High Court today sought response from the Centre on a public interest litigation seeking that the legal age of marriage for men and women be equalised.
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Top Court Fines Lawyer For Filing PIL To Lower Marriageable Age Of Men
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking that the legal marriageable age for men be brought down from 21 to 18 years, as for women, and imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000 on a lawyer for filing such a plea. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul refused to entertain the plea filed by lawyer Asok Pande saying that th...
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Let 18 Years Be Recognised As Legal Age For Marriage For Men Too: Law Panel
The Law Commission today suggested that 18 years should be the minimum legal age for men and women alike to get married, saying the insistence on recognising different ages of marriage between consenting adults must be abolished.
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Woman, 20, Free To Live With 'Underage' Husband, Rules Supreme Court
An adult couple can be in a live-in relationship even if the man isn't 21 years, the legal age for marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled, telling 20-year-old Thushara that she was free to decide who she wanted to live with.
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16-Year-Old 'Bride' In Hyderabad Served Legal Notice On Sexual Duties
A 16-year-old schoolgirl in Hyderabad, who returned home after being forced to marry a man more than double her age, has been served a legal notice reminding her of her "conjugal duties".
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Pay Legal Expenses, Husband Told As Court Annuls Child Marriage Of Woman
Married off at the age of just four months, a woman came out of a 20-year unwanted situation on Monday when a family court annulled her child marriage.
-
Iraq Proposes Law To Reduce Legal Age Of Marriage For Girls To 9
A proposed bill in Iraq's parliament has sparked widespread outrage and concern, as it seeks to reduce the legal age of marriage for girls to just 9 years old.
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"Nothing Sexual": 63-Year-Old Ghana Priest Defends Marrying 12-Year-Old Girl
The spokesperson of priest Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru XXXIII said the girl is not expected to fulfil marital duties until she reaches the legal age of consent, which is 16 in Ghana.
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Supreme Court Declines Request Seeking Uniform Marriage Age For Men, Women
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to equalise the legal age of marriage for men and women.
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Opinion: 1 Woman MP, 30 Men To Consider Legal Marriageable Age For Women
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill introduced in parliament in the winter session sought to increase the legal age of marriage from 18 to 21 for women in the country.
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On Marriage Age Bill, Trinamool MP Wants All Women Lawmakers To Testify
Trinamool MP Sushmita Dev, the only woman member of a parliamentary panel that is examining the bill for raising the legal age of marriage for females, has written to its chairperson requesting him to allow all women MPs to testify before the panel.
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"1 Woman In Committee Of 31": MP Priyanka Chaturvedi On Marriage Age Bill
Maharashtra MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has raised concerns over the make-up of a committee that is looking into a bill for raising the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21.
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Panel Examining Bill To Raise Legal Age Of Marriage Has 1 Woman Member Out Of 31
The parliamentary panel assigned to examine the landmark bill which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women to 21 has only one woman MP out of 31 members.
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UP Khaps Want Promises To Farmers Kept, Oppose Girls' Marriage Age Change
Heads of several Khaps held a meeting here demanding fulfilment of promises made to agitating farmers in Delhi, and also opposed the centre's decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women.
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"If Girl Mature At 16...": Samajwadi MP's Shocker On Marriage Age
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav later distanced himself from such comments, stressing that his party is progressive and has launched several schemes for the welfare and development of women and girls.
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Centre Issued Notice Over Plea To Equalise Legal Age Of Marriage
The Delhi High Court today sought response from the Centre on a public interest litigation seeking that the legal age of marriage for men and women be equalised.
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Top Court Fines Lawyer For Filing PIL To Lower Marriageable Age Of Men
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking that the legal marriageable age for men be brought down from 21 to 18 years, as for women, and imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000 on a lawyer for filing such a plea. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul refused to entertain the plea filed by lawyer Asok Pande saying that th...
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Let 18 Years Be Recognised As Legal Age For Marriage For Men Too: Law Panel
The Law Commission today suggested that 18 years should be the minimum legal age for men and women alike to get married, saying the insistence on recognising different ages of marriage between consenting adults must be abolished.
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Woman, 20, Free To Live With 'Underage' Husband, Rules Supreme Court
An adult couple can be in a live-in relationship even if the man isn't 21 years, the legal age for marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled, telling 20-year-old Thushara that she was free to decide who she wanted to live with.
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16-Year-Old 'Bride' In Hyderabad Served Legal Notice On Sexual Duties
A 16-year-old schoolgirl in Hyderabad, who returned home after being forced to marry a man more than double her age, has been served a legal notice reminding her of her "conjugal duties".
