Prosecuting People Will Not Resolve Issue Of Child Marriage: Supreme Court
NDTV
Society for Enlightenment and Voluntary Action, a non-government organisation in 2017, had filed the PIL in the top court alleging that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act was not being enforced in "letter and spirit".
Prosecuting persons involved in child marriages will not resolve the problem which has social dimensions, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday while reserving the verdict on a PIL over the alleged rise in underage weddings in the country.
Unimpressed by the Centre's submissions that state-specific programmes like awareness campaigns and training are being undertaken, the top court said, "These programmes, lectures do not really change things on the ground".
Society for Enlightenment and Voluntary Action, a non-government organisation in 2017, had filed the PIL in the top court alleging that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act was not being enforced in "letter and spirit".
