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Sir i have married my daughter, name varshini in the age of 16 years old recently on 21-05-2024. after her 9th standard was completed. Sir with whom i married my daughter they are they blood relation my mother-in-law sister"s grandson. Sir my mother-in-law came to my house and forced us to marry her with her sister grandson. I didn't accept but forcefully they make me agreed to marry my child to him. We don't have any relatives here and they told us that if we won't agree then they will not support us in anything so i scared, if they don't support us we don't have relatives here. Sir i told my son-in-law that i won't stop her studies until she wants to stop and they agreed. Now after 4 months of marriage they start to harrash her, Her grandmother and her aunt some other relatives was making my child mentally harassment by always scolding us in front of her and sometimes scolding her they don't give her permission to sleep until 11 o'clock at night and wake up at early morning 5 o'clock they says stop studying too. Sir now i brought my daughter back to my home and admitted her into the school again in 10th standard. Sir until she was 18 years old i don't want to send back her to her husband house. Sir is it possible to do so i need help sir please advise me how can i go further legally please..

Child marriage and marriages within prohibited blood relations are strictly prohibited by law. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 mandates a minimum marriage age of 18 for girls and 21 for boys, penalizing violations with up to 2 years imprisonment and/or a ₹1,00,000 fine. Marriages within prohibited degrees of relationship (e.g., siblings, uncle-niece) are void under laws like the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which also prohibits "sapinda" relationships (common ancestors within five generations on the father’s side or three on the mother’s). The Indian Penal Code considers sexual relations with a girl under 18 as statutory rape. Mechanisms like Childline (1098), Child Welfare Committees, and District Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (DCMPOs) can intervene to prevent or annul such marriages. Violations may also attract penalties under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 for exploiting a child in forced marriages.

02/12/2024 08:19 AM