Prohibition of child marriage in india

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Sai Manohar and Raja Satya

This research deals with the concept of child marriage in India and the laws related to the prohibition of child marriage of India. Generally, child marriages are prevalent all over the world but the highest number of child marriages occur in India. Basically, child marriage means when a girl is married below the age of 18 and a boy is married below the age of 21. This is because the legal age for marriage under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is 18 for women and 21 for men. Child marriages generally occur due to poverty and lack of education.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2017.6286.0911
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