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Assam Child Marriage Cases

20 Mar 2023

Will Completely End Child Marriage In Assam By 2026: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that his government's ongoing operation against child marriage will continue and a helpline number will be opened soon to help people.

Assam child marriage

05 Feb 2023

Campaign against child marriage intensify in Assam

The campaign against child marriage is going on fast in Assam. Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 4074 cases have been registered in the entire state. Action against child marriage will continue.

Asaduddin Owaisi

04 Feb 2023

Who Will Look After Girls When Husbands Go To Jail, Owaisi asks Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asserted that the drive against child marriage, launched by the state police from the previous day, will continue till the next Assembly elections in 2026.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

Assam: Protest against arrest in child marriage case

In Assam, people who marry minor girls, pundits and clerics who get married have been arrested rapidly, now the picture of protests is also coming to the fore regarding this arrest.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

Demonstration of Women Outside Police Station

The Himanta Biswa Sarma government of Assam has launched a vigorous campaign against child marriage. People marrying minor girls, pundits and clerics who get married have been swiftly arrested. Now the picture of protest is also coming out regarding this arrest.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

Big campaign against child marriage in Assam

The Himanta Biswa Sarma government of Assam has launched a vigorous campaign against child marriage. People who marry minor girls, pundits and clerics who get married are being arrested fast. Starting this campaign on Friday, the Assam Police arrested 2,044 people on the very first day.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

Assam CM Hemant Biswa issues an order to take action under the POCSO Act

The Hemant Biswa government of Assam has issued an order to take action under the POCSO Act on marriages below the age of 14 years. Also, a case will be registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 in Assam for getting married in the age group of 14 to 18 years.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

Strictness on Cases of Child Marriage in Assam

Assam Police arrested 2,044 people on Friday as part of a massive drive against child marriage. Pandits and Maulvis who conducted such marriages are also included in the arrested accused.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

Assam Police Action Against Child Marriage

Assam Police arrested 2,044 people on Friday as part of a massive drive against child marriage. Pandits and Maulvis who conducted such marriages are also included in the arrested accused.

Assam child marriage

04 Feb 2023

2044 arrests in Assam on child marriage, more than 8000 accuse

The Assam government has shown strictness against those who knowingly conduct and get child marriages done. Due to the order of Chief Minister Hemant Biswa Sharma, till now more than 2000 people have been arrested. There are more than 8000 accused in this case

03 Feb 2023

DNA Exclusive: Assam CM Himanta Biswa's Crackdown Against Child Marriage

The Assam government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy on child marriage The Assam cabinet had last month passed a resolution on action against the practice

Himanta Biswa Sarma

24 Jan 2023

Men Marrying Girls Aged Below 14 Will be Booked Under POCSO Act: Assam CM

POCSO Act of 2012 defines a child as an individual under the age of 18 and it criminalises sex between an under-age child and an adult. 'Those marrying girls below the age of 14 years, will be booked under the POCSO Act' CM said.

Child marriage in Delhi

19 Dec 2022

Delhi: Muslim Girl, 15, FORCEFULLY married to UP man, BRUTALLY TORTURED

The girl informed the Commission that she got pregnant, and her in-laws tried to abort the foetus, but were unsuccessful. She has alleged that her husband and in-laws often beat her up. She also alleged that her husband even hit her with a hot tava, electric wire and screw driver.

08 Oct 2022

Jharkhand has maximum number of underage girls getting married: Survey

The survey said that while 54.9% of girls are married in West Bengal before attaining the age of 21 years, the figure for Jharkhand is 54.6%; the national average is 29.5% In Jharkhand, child marriages accounted for 7.3 per cent of marriages in rural areas and three per cent in urban areas, as per the survey Jharkhand was in the limelight recently after a minor girl was set ablaze for spurning the advances of a man

22 May 2022

Stopped 11 child marriages, caught 73 eve-teasers in eight weeks: Hyd Police

Rachakonda Police had averted at least 11 child marriages in last two months. They have apprehended as many as 73 eve-teasers over the last eight weeks.

Women's marriage age

13 Apr 2022

95% responses to parliamentary panel oppose raising women's marriage age

Nearly 95% of online responses to parliamentary panel opposed raising women's marriage age. Sources in the committee expressed apprehension that it could be part of a conspiracy to defeat the government initiative. The proposed law will apply to all communities in the country and, once enacted, will supersede existing marriage and personal laws.

09 Apr 2022

Parliament panel to examine Bill proposing marriage age change on Wednesday

A Parliamentary Committee will examine the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill on April 13. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session. It proposes to amend the existing law to bring parity at the minimum marriageable age for men and women.

08 Apr 2022

Increasing cases of child marraige during Akshay Tritiya, NCPCR raises concern

NCPCR has come across several reports that suggest child marriage taking place on Akshay Tritiya. The officials were asked to submit the report of these activities conducted in their district to the commission by April 21.

13 Nov 2021

Baby girls being offered for future marriage in Afghanistan for dowry: UN

28% of Afghan women aged 15-49 were married before the age of 18 The COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing food crisis worsened the situation Girls as young as 20 days are being offered for future marriage

19 Sep 2021

Child marriage cases went up by 50% in 2020, maximum in Karnataka

A total of 785 cases were registered under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act Increased instances can be due to a number of factors

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