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Law Panel: Retain Consent Age

Law Panel: Retain Consent Age

Commission proposes amendments to Pocso Act

29 Sept 2023 8:10 PM IST

Following a decision of the state cabinet, the police are now booking men who married girls aged below 14, under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and those who married girls aged between 14 and 18 under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. (Representational image)

DC Edit | Child marriages: Bring awareness

The Assam government has been on a mission in cracking down on child marriages. Following a decision of the state...

8 Feb 2023 12:35 AM IST