Rajasthan Backtracks On Controversial Law 'Validating' Child Marriage | Read
A controversial law in Rajasthan seen to validate/legitimise child marriages by asking parents to register them has been withdrawn by the state's Congress government after a huge uproar. The Rajasthan Compulsory Registrations of Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, passed last month in the Rajasthan assembly but yet to be enacted, said all marriages including those of minors must be registered. In the case of minors, their parents or guardians must register the marriages, it said.
