NEW DELHI: An analysis of data complied from 416 districts in 23 states by a collective of voluntary organisations shows as many as 1,351 child marriages were stopped and over 1.2 lakh prevented through legal interventions in 2024-25, reports Ambika Pandit.
As many as 779 FIRs were registered in cases where marriage could not be stopped with the maximum cases (170) filed in West Bengal followed by Tamil Nadu (146) and Bihar (114).
The data collated by ' Just Rights For Children ' (JRC) - a network of over 250 organisations shows that of the 1,351 cases where marriages were stopped , legal inverventions involved making a general diary entry in the police stations record (737 cases), intervention of Child Welfare Committees (593 cases) and through an injunction order from the courts ( 21 cases).
In over 1.2 lakh cases, mostly where information regarding a family planning to marry their underage daughter was received, marriage was prevented by taking undertakings from the parents and guardians before govt authorities like police, sub divisional magistrate, child marriage prohibition officer or panchayat member. Besides this in a little more than 66,000 cases undertakings were taken from parents where a prospective child marriage was being planned in villages through persuasion by community social workers associated with JRC network.
The data comes ahead of 'Akshay Tritiya' when a lot of child marriages are usually solemnised in the garb of mass marriages and which will be observed on April 30 this year. In fact, NHRC has alerted states to step-up action to prevent child marriage and look out for vulnerable out-of-school girls . NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo has asked state authorities to issue instructions to the school administration to review current statistics on school drop-outs and re-enrol them.
As many as 779 FIRs were registered in cases where marriage could not be stopped with the maximum cases (170) filed in West Bengal followed by Tamil Nadu (146) and Bihar (114).
The data collated by ' Just Rights For Children ' (JRC) - a network of over 250 organisations shows that of the 1,351 cases where marriages were stopped , legal inverventions involved making a general diary entry in the police stations record (737 cases), intervention of Child Welfare Committees (593 cases) and through an injunction order from the courts ( 21 cases).
In over 1.2 lakh cases, mostly where information regarding a family planning to marry their underage daughter was received, marriage was prevented by taking undertakings from the parents and guardians before govt authorities like police, sub divisional magistrate, child marriage prohibition officer or panchayat member. Besides this in a little more than 66,000 cases undertakings were taken from parents where a prospective child marriage was being planned in villages through persuasion by community social workers associated with JRC network.
The data comes ahead of 'Akshay Tritiya' when a lot of child marriages are usually solemnised in the garb of mass marriages and which will be observed on April 30 this year. In fact, NHRC has alerted states to step-up action to prevent child marriage and look out for vulnerable out-of-school girls . NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo has asked state authorities to issue instructions to the school administration to review current statistics on school drop-outs and re-enrol them.
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