MARRIAGE WITH MINOR GIRL VALID IF SHE IS WILLING TO COHABIT AFTER ATTAINING MAJORITY

The Bombay High Court in a surprising judgement declared that a marriage performed with a minor girl who was 14 years of age at the time of the marriage is valid after the said girl has attained majority as she herself is willing to cohabit with the Petitioner. The High Court even stayed the proceedings against the husband under Sections 9, 10 and 11 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.However, the High Court, while deciding this, cautioned that this ought not to be treated like a precedent as this particular case is based on the peculiar facts of the case.

 

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