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Committee to examine bill on raising the legal age of marriage
January 6 , 2022
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- The parliamentary standing committee was constituted to examine “the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021”.
- Out of the total 31 members, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the sole woman representative on the committee.
- The Bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women in India from 18 to 21 to bring it at par with men.
- The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021 seeks to amend the “Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006” and seven personal laws.
- They are,
- Indian Christian Marriage Act
- Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
- Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act
- Special Marriage Act
- Hindu Marriage Act
- and the Foreign Marriage Act.
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