Washington, April 11 – Bishop Samson Shukardin, the head of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, has expressed concern over a government committee formed to review a recent ruling by the country’s top constitutional court that validated the marriage and forced conversion of a Christian minor girl...
abduction
catholic church
christian minor
forced conversion
lahore
legal guardianship
maria shahbaz
minormarriage
national database and registration authority (nadra)
pakistan
pakistan constitutional court
punjab
religious freedom
shehbaz masih
sindh
Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 – A political storm has erupted in Kerala over the marriage of teenage girl Monalisa Bhosle, who gained public attention after the Kumbh Mela, with the Kerala branch of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday accusing CPI-M leaders of complicity and demanding...
bjp
child marriage
cpi-m
farman khan
india
investigation
kerala politics
legal proceedings
marriageminormarriage
monalisa bhosle
political controversy
protection of children from sexual offences (pocso) act
scheduled tribes
thiruvananthapuram
Jodhpur, March 19 A 21-year-old woman, who was married at the age of 12, has secured annulment of her marriage following an order passed by a family court here on Thursday.In its order, the court noted the adverse impact of child marriage on the present and future of children and emphasised...
Thane, March 18 Police have arrested a 15-year-old tribal girl's "husband" along with three others for allegedly abducting, marrying, and sexually assaulting her in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday.The minor was allegedly abducted from Bhiwandi in Thane and "sold" to a...
atrocities against tribal communities
beed district
bhausaheb tambe
broker
child abduction
criminal investigation
forced marriage
maharashtra
minormarriage
padoda
pocso act
police investigation
prevention of child marriage act
sexual assault
thane district
tribal communities