Rajasthan Marriage Registration Bill Impacts Minors' Education: Rights Body
NDTV
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said it is apprehensive that the enactment of the bill may have a serious physical, psychological and social impact on minors and affect their education and health.
The national child right body has written to Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra expressing apprehension over the enactment of the Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2021, saying it legitimises child marriages and may have a serious impact on education and heath of minors.
The top child rights body said the bill provides for registration of child marriages through marriage registration officer of the place where they have been residing for more than 30 days.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said the bill "legitimises" child marriages in Rajasthan.