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Delhi HC transfers plea seeking uniform marriage age for men, women to Sup
Updated : 3 years, 1 month 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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Karnataka withdraws proposal to lower minimum age for drinking
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Karnataka government has withdrawn its proposal to lower the minimum age for drinking in the state following "objections raised by public, associations and media, said the government's press release on Wednesday.
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SC issues notice to Centre on uniform age of marriage for Muslim girls
Updated : 3 years, 3 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, 5 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, 9 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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ISU to raise minimum age for skating to 17 after Kamila Valieva controvers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The decision of ISU comes after the controversy surrounding Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Valieva, then 15, was provisionally banned in Beijing for a failed drug test.
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Minimum age for purchasing weapons should be raised from 18 to 21: Biden o
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): Expressing concern over gun violence in the United States, President Joe Biden said that the US needs to ban assault weapons for the sake of protecting children and families or raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21.
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Activists differ on bill to raise age of marriage for women, house panel t
Updated : 3 years, 10 months 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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Appeal moved in HC challenging single bench order in KVS admission age cri
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): An appeal has been filed in the Delhi High Court challenging the single judge order in the matter related to 6-plus years age criteria for admission in schools run by Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) for the academic year 2022-23.
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Implemented Centre's policy: KVS tells Delhi HC opposing Class I admission
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in an affidavit filed in Delhi High Court opposed the plea challenging KVS Class I admission criteria 2022-23 that lays down the minimum age of a child as 6 years instead of 5 years.
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Delhi HC seeks response of KVS, Centre over Class I admission age issue
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought responses of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and the Union of India on a plea challenging KVS Class I admission criteria 2022-23 laying down the minimum age of a child to six years, instead of five years.
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RSS-affiliate Muslim Rashtriya Manch to launch campaign to raise minimum a
Updated : 4 years 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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