The Rajasthan High Court has said that the native place of residence of a woman cannot be changed on the basis of marriage.She is entitled to a domicile certificate from her parent s residence. The High Court mad the observation after a woman .
COVID pandemic sees spurt in child marriages in Chittorgarh
Udaipur : The COVID pandemic persisting since a year is being seen as one of the reasons behind spurt in child marriage cases in Chittorgarh. Child activists claim that despite strict vigil on child marriages by the police and district administrations,judiciary people are still secretly organising weddings of their minor children especially girls. In past 30 days,11 incidents of child marriages were reported to the Chittorgarh child line, 3 of them were found false while 8 marriages were averted, luckily by the timely intervention of authorities.Of these eight weddings, 6 were of minor brides and two under aged grooms.