Child marriage is illegal in India, but remains widespread throughout the country, especially in rural areas. According to a 2016 report by UNICEF, up to three million girls under the age of 18 ...

India's Child Marriage Restraint law passed in 1978 tightened earlier legislation aimed at stopping child marriages, but does not empower police to make arrests without warrants or magistrates ...

This despite the fact that child marriage in India was officially outlawed in 2006. And earlier this year, in an attempt to protect child brides, India’s Supreme Court ruled that sex with minors ...

Jodhpur, India (CNN)The Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) of 1929 set out to "eradicate the evil of child marriage" in India. Almost a century later, the south Asian nation remains home to a ...

GUWAHATI, India – A crackdown on illegal child marriages in India’s north-east has resulted in nearly 5,000 arrests, after 416 people were detained in the latest police sweep, ...

Despite having a law against child marriages for the last 90 years, child marriages are a reality in our country. As per statistics, child marriages account for 27 per cent of marriages in India ...

A person holds a sign that reads "Stop Child Marriage" during an event in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia on March 6, 2022. New Hampshire's child marriage ban took effect on January 1.