Madras High Court Nullifies Forced Marriage of 20-Year-Old Woman to Ex-Teacher | Chennai News – Times of India

CHENNAI: Invoking its inherent and extraordinary jurisdiction, Madras high court annulled the forced marriage of a 20-year-old woman with her former French teacher after the woman personally told a division bench that her wedding and its registration were ‘done by force’ and that she did not want to live with him as his wife.The bench…

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Not only heterosexuals, child marriage oppressive to all genders, sexual minorities: CJI – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday said the “multi-dimensional assault of child marriage” was not only oppressive to heterosexual girls and boys but also to all genders and sexual minorities as it robbed them of vital autonomy in choosing their sexual orientation and choice of partner.A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices…

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