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Allahabad HC says Muslim puberty marriage law violates POCSO
The Telegraph··9 Jul
The Allahabad High Court held in a July 1 judgment that Muslim personal law recognising puberty as marriage age cannot override the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and POCSO Act, Telegraph India reported on July 9. Justices JJ Munir and Achal Sachdeva dismissed a petition by 19 people seeking to quash an FIR over obstructing police from stopping a 16-year-old girl's wedding in Bulandshahr.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Girls under 18 retain statutory protection regardless of religion.
- Parents and relatives conducting child marriages may face criminal charges.
- Police intervention in planned weddings may increase after this ruling.
What's Happening
- Allahabad HC dismissed the petitioners' writ on July 1.
- Police stopped a 16-year-old Muslim girl's marriage in Bulandshahr.
- The court upheld the FIR against 19 obstructors.
Legal Framework Context
- Marriageable age is 18 for all citizens under central law.
- The court aligned with Kerala High Court precedent on the ban.
- Rescuers were threatened while preventing the child marriage.
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