The court issued the order while dismissing a petition seeking to quash the criminal case against them under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
State Police Chief Darvesh Saheb said that most incidents of child marriage occur in the plantation sector. Police officers are well-trained to deal with such scenarios to end child marriage, he added ...
He said the incident has been reported to the Munnar police and they have requested to produce her before the committee after carrying out necessary legal procedures like her medical check-up.
The minister traced the journey from the Sarda Act, 1929 to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, noting that the legal framework had become stronger over the decades, yet harmful social norms ...
