What was the need for child Marraige Act? State its main features.
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Answer:
This new Act is armed with enabling provisions to prohibit for child marriage, protect and provide relief to victim and enhance punishment for those who abet, promote or solemnize such marriage. This Act also calls appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officer for whole or a part of a State by the State government.
Answer:
it was a act that prevented child marrage
Explanation:
features are:The bench held that punishing the male for such a marital union on grounds that it amounts to child marriage is against the “legislative history” of the law.
The legislative intent was to punish men who married minor girls.
Although both men and women are deemed to be adults at the age of 18 under other laws, a differential metric has been adopted in the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, which says a man has to attain the age of 21 to be considered an adult.
Thus, even if the husband is between 18-21 years of age, the law treats it as a child marriage and punishes the male.
According to the SC bench this anomaly had occurred due to the literal interpretation of Section 9 of the Act that goes against the very object of the Act