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India to place new ruling on child marriages By Jo Johnson in New Delhi Published: February 16 2006 01:19 | Last updated: February 16 2006 01:19 The “This has been a longstanding demand of the women’s movement and it’s a When India amended its Child Marriage Restraint Act in 1978, setting 18 But, according to a National Family Health survey, 56 per cent of girls “If the decision is to have any impact on perpetrators, it needs to be A further difficulty is that birth certificates, although now The centuries-old practice has complex and deep-rooted social causes, Campaigners say the Child Marriage Restraint Act is an ambivalent piece A draft bill before parliament will enable a person who was married as Lawmakers were jolted into action last year after extensive media In extreme cases of underage marriage, a prepubescent bride will According to civil rights workers, there have been many instances in Women’s groups have also argued that making marriage registration “Since courts do not admit photographs as evidence of marriage, wives |
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