HIGH COURT MARCH 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | FIR against Arnab Goswami; Ashish Chanchlani’s Bail; Karan Johar’s personality rights; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
child marriage
Supreme Court issues comprehensive guidelines for effective implementation of Prohibition of Child Marriage Act: A detailed breakdown
“Orientation of these guidelines is to prioritise prevention before protection and protection before penalisation.”
Minor girl’s marriage to adult constitutes mental and physical Cruelty, a ground for divorce under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act: MP High Court
The Court declared the marriage as null and void on the grounds of mental and physical cruelty as the wife, being a minor, was not ready to perform the marital obligations
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act will supersede Muslim Personal Law; every Indian a citizen first, religion comes later: Kerala HC
“The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 prohibits child marriage, it supersedes the Muslim personal law, and every citizen of this country is subject to the law of the land, which is Act 2006, irrespective of his or her religion”
Calcutta High Court rejects anticipatory bail in Child Marriage case; directs awareness programs by Woman and Child Department to raise awareness
Calcutta High Court emphasised on the importance of sensitization and awareness programs to prevent marriages involving minors or adults who have not attained the legal age of marriage.
Kerala High Court | Marriage between Muslims under personal law is not excluded from the sweep of POCSO Act
A child marriage compromises the growth of the child to her full potential. It is the bane of society.
[Special Legislations] | Karnataka HC | POCSO Act is a Special Law which can override any Personal Law
Karnataka High Court: While deciding the instant application seeking regular bail for offences under the provisions of Prohibition of Child
Whether victim under POCSO Act can be permitted to be cross-examined once she turns hostile? Kar HC answers
Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna J. allowed the petition and quashed the impugned order and remitted the matter back to Sessions Judge
High Courts Monthly RoundUp — November 2021
Here’s a short recap of what we covered under the High Court’s section on the SCC Online Blog for the month of November.
[Child Marriage] P&H HC | Marriage with a minor is valid if no attempt is made to declare it invalid once the child turns major
Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Ritu Bahri and Arun Monga, JJ., held that marriage with minor is valid
[Child Marriage] P&H HC | Where minor wife fails to obtain decree of nullity before attaining age of majority, the marriage becomes a valid one; HC interprets
Punjab and Haryana High Court: The Division Bench of Ritu Bahri and Arun Monga, JJ., held that in case of child marriage,
Amendments to Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009 passed by Rajasthan Assembly
On September 17, 2021, the Rajasthan Assembly passed the Compulsory Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in order to amend the Rajasthan
All HC | If a minor girl enters into an “agreement of marriage”, what would be the legality of such agreement? Option to ratify or rescind would be available? HC throws light in view of Ss. 11 and 23 of Contract Act
Allahabad High Court: Vikas Kunvar Srivastav, J., addresses whether a minor girl on attaining majority can ratify the agreement of marriage that
All HC | If a minor girl marries a major of her freewill, will such marriage be void or voidable? Court explains while discussing validity of child marriage
Allahabad High Court: J.J. Munir, J., directed that the minor in the instant case who stated that she married the accused of
Madras HC | What is the essential condition for validity of any marriage? Detailed Report highlighting legality of marriage of a girl below 18 years of age
Madras High Court: R. Pongiappan, J., observed that: “…saptpadi for Hindus is the necessary requirement, which if completed make a marriage valid in
Cal HC | Alarming rise of child marriages during lockdown has given a strong impression that they may be in garb of child trafficking; Police to investigate
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of Harsh Tandon and Soumen Sen, JJ., addressed the matter in regard to the child marriages in
Sexual Intercourse with minor wife is rape [Full Report]
Supreme Court: In order to harmonise Exception 2 to Section 375 IPC of the with the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
Can the increase of age of consent to 18 years by Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 be applied to Child Marriages?: SC to decide
Supreme Court: Hearing the plea questioning the validity of a provision permitting a man to have physical relationship with his wife, even
Can forced sexual acts by husband on wife, between the age group of 15-18 years, be rape? SC seeks answers
Supreme Court: The bench of Madan B. Lokur and Deepak gupta, JJ has sought response from the Centre as to whether Parliament has