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Supreme Court To Review Muslim Personal Law On Marriage For Pubescent Girls

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to an early hearing on the issue of whether Muslim personal law allowing child marriages will prevail over the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. As the matter could not be taken up today for the hearing, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta requested...

Case registered against Bengal police officer over NCPCR chief’s assault

Days after Priyank Kanoongo, the head of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, claimed to have been assaulted at Tiljila police station, the Kolkata police stated on Sunday that a case has been filed against the accused West Bengal Police officer. "This is to state that based...