{"id":7687,"date":"2017-09-01T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T11:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2017-09-12T13:31:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T08:01:06","slug":"is-the-legal-system-supporting-child-marriage-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/is-the-legal-system-supporting-child-marriage-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the legal system supporting child marriage in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Supreme Court emphasized on issue of child marriage in India.<\/li>\n<li>At least one in three marriages in rural areas involves girl children below the age of 18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is child Marriage?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Child marriage\u00a0is a human rights violation.<\/li>\n<li>According to the\u00a0Indian law, a\u00a0marriage\u00a0where either the woman is below age 18 or the man is below age 21.<\/li>\n<li>Most child marriages involve underage women from poor\u00a0socio-economic conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What makes (Child marriage) rape acceptable?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exception 2 to Section 375 of IPC<\/li>\n<li>An exception clause <strong>Indian Penal Code (IPC)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mentions that sexual intercourse or sex of <strong>Section 375<\/strong> of the<\/li>\n<li>Sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 years of age are not rape.<\/li>\n<li>Aimed at protecting the <strong>\u201cinstitution of marriage\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are the contradictions to this law?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Exception is contrary to the following laws:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Anti-child sex abuse law<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Parliament of India passed the <strong>&#8216;Protection of\u00a0Children against\u00a0Sexual\u00a0Offences Bill, 2011\u2019<\/strong> regarding\u00a0child sexual abuse\u00a0on May 22, 2012 into\u00a0Act.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act\u00a02012\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>POCSO Act was formulated in order to address\u00a0sexual\u00a0abuse and\u00a0sexual\u00a0exploitation of\u00a0children<\/li>\n<li>Defines different forms of\u00a0sexual\u00a0abuse<\/li>\n<li>Penetrative<\/li>\n<li>Non-penetrative\u00a0assault<\/li>\n<li>Sexual harassment<\/li>\n<li>Pornography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who filed the petition?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The petition was filed by NGO Independent Thought challenging the <strong>Exception 2 to Section 375<\/strong> (rape) of the Indian Penal Code<\/li>\n<li>The NGO was represented by advocate Gaurav Agarwal stated the statutory exception to rape was violative of right to life, personal liberty, equality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are the implications of this law?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The law violates the health of the girl child concerned and generations to come<\/li>\n<li>The law further encourages such acts of sexual harassment to minors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What steps should be taken?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Empowering young people to criticize the existing social norms.<\/li>\n<li>Integration of existing child laws in India.<\/li>\n<li>Effective implementation of the <strong>Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (2006).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Consistency between personal laws and The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act should be established<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Society must go forward and not get stuck with what was the social norm over 70 years ago<\/li>\n<li>It is important that such contradictory laws made years ago should at least be amended so that they contest with the present times<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context The Supreme Court emphasized on issue of child marriage in India. At least one in three marriages in rural areas involves girl children below the age of 18. What is child Marriage? Child marriage\u00a0is a human rights violation. 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