A landmark judgement from the Supreme Court addresses the social evil of child marriage by laying out comprehensive guidelines to strengthen the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA). A key feature of the judgement is the direction to the government to ban child betrothals - the fixing of marriages in childhood - a ruse to evade the law. What does this mean for the fight to create a Child Marriage Free India? We find out in a conversation with advocate and author Bhuwan Ribhu.
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