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The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the AAP government on a plea to declare all child marriages performed in the national capital as voidab initio (to be treated as invalid from the outset). A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the petition by a woman who has also sought to nullify her marriage which was allegedly performed when she was a minor. The court also issued notice to her father, brother and the man she was married to seeking their responseto the plea before February 12, the next date of hearing.
Plea to Declare All Child Marriages in Delhi As Void: High Court Seeks AAP Govt Stand
The petitioner challenged a provision of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act that makes a wedding of minors voidable only at the option of either of the parties who was a child at the time of the event.
Representative image of a child bride. Photo: Reuters
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New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday sought the response of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on a plea to declare all child marriages performed in the national capital as
void ab initio (to be treated as invalid from the outset).
Published: Monday, January 11, 2021, 15:36 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 11: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the AAP government on a plea to declare all child marriages performed in the national capital as void ab initio (to be treated as invalid from the outset). A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the petition by a woman who has also sought to nullify her marriage which was allegedly performed when she was a minor.
The court also issued notice to her father, brother and the man she was married to seeking their response to the plea before February 12, the next date of hearing.
Plea to declare all child marriages in Delhi as void: HC seeks AAP government stand
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Last Updated: Jan 11, 2021, 04:03 PM IST
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A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the petition by a woman who has also sought to nullify her marriage which was allegedly performed when she was a minor.
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of the AAP government on a plea to declare all child marriages performed in the national capital as void ab initio (to be treated as invalid from the outset).