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SC dismisses plea seeking uniform minimum age of marriage for men and wome
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking a uniform minimum age of 21 years for marriage for both men and women.
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SC declines to entertain plea seeking uniform marriage age for men, women
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking to equalise of the legal age of marriage for men and women.
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Delhi HC transfers plea seeking uniform marriage age for men, women to Sup
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday informed the petitioner that on January 13, 2023, the Supreme Court allowed transferring the main proceedings pertaining to uniformity in the minimum age of marriage for men and women in diverse legislations.
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SC issues notice to Centre on uniform age of marriage for Muslim girls
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) to make the minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls the same as that of persons belonging to other religions.
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Parliament panel examining Marriage Bill gets another 3 months extension
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has granted another extension to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports examining the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the m
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Parliamentary panel gets extension for examining Child Marriage (Amendment
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has granted an extension to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports for Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriag
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Activists differ on bill to raise age of marriage for women, house panel t
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Monday discussed the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21.
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RSS-affiliate Muslim Rashtriya Manch to launch campaign to raise minimum a
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) will launch a nationwide movement to raise the minimum age of marriage for Muslim women.
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Raising women's marriage age to 21 will enable girls to build career, beco
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the purpose for raising the age of marriage for girls from 18 to 21 years has been proposed to empower 'desh ki beti' so that they get enough time to complete education and build their careers and bec
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Panel is gender skewed, says lone MP in Parliamentary committee formed to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): The parliamentary panel headed by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahastrabuddhe, to which the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill that seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 has been referred to, will start its deliberat
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'They will get time to study and make their careers': PM Modi backs increa
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday backed the central government's decision to increase the age of marriage of daughters from 18 to 21 saying that it will lead to daughters getting time to make their career.
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Raising legal age of marriage for women will not benefit aimless, uneducat
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nuh (Haryana) [India], December 23 (ANI): Nuh District Bar Association President Sajid on Wednesday slammed the Centre's decision to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 and said that the law will not benefit the women who are aimless, uneducated or are considered 'bu
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