The Supreme Court questioned the misuse of POCSO provisions in consensual teenage relationships, observed that parents often invoke criminal law after elopements, and stressed the need for practical measures balancing adolescent welfare, child protection and legal safeguards
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has said that a girl, who has attained puberty, can marry without the consent of her parents under Muslim laws while hearing a plea seeking protection to a couple who got married against the consent of girl’s parents. Justice Jasmeet Singh observed, “A girl on attaining puberty could marry […]