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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicProhibition of Child Marriage Act

Topic: Prohibition of Child Marriage Act

SubscriberWrites: From law to action—NALSA’s blueprint for eradicating child marriage

NALSA’s new SOP targets child marriage with legal action, community support, and rehabilitation—but its success hinges on political will, trained officials, and grassroots change.

Can’t legitimise live-in involving minor—HC quashes 17-yr-old’s plea, says ‘freedoms fettered by law’

Court rules minors lack legal capacity for live-in ties, cites POCSO & child marriage laws. It stresses welfare over choice, and directs custody to parents or guardians for protection.

SC to examine when a man can seek annulment of child marriage, address age discrepancy in law

SC is hearing a petition filed by a woman challenging an Allahabad HC order allowing her husband’s petition to declare their marriage void under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.

Over 4,000 cases & 3,000 arrests — Assam govt commits to ending child marriage ‘within 2 years’

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma directs police to conduct review every 6 months. State DGP GP Singh says crackdown on child marriage is ‘religion-neutral’ exercise.

‘POCSO overrides personal laws’ — Karnataka HC holds pregnant Muslim minor’s marriage invalid  

In his bail application, the petitioner cited Islamic law to defend his marriage to his now-pregnant minor ‘wife’.  POCSO is a special law, said the court, rejecting the argument. 

Marriage of 15 yr Muslim girl not void under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, says high court

The 15-year-old girl had requested release from childcare home so that she could live with her spouse. Judge says marriage is valid as per Islamic Law.

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Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.