Marriage of a 15-year-old

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According to a latest High Court judgment, the marriage of a girl above the age of 15 is legally valid, provided she does so of her own free will. A girl above 15 years, according to the court, can be said to have reached the "age of discretion" and any willful marriage by her would be considered "valid, enforceable and recognisable in courts of law."
As expected, the ruling has opened a can of controversies. Is 15 the right age for taking a decision as crucial as deciding who you want to get married to? And if one is considered mature enough at 15, what is one at 25? Over the hill?

Of course, there are many women who have achieved great heights when they were all of 15 or even less... but does that necessarily translate into maturity
 
i don think so

captain, i don supprt dis at all. a grl is not mature at 15.god save d grl child.
 
Surprising

It is a surprise to me as to why the High Court has to reach these conclusions but then Hon'able judges must have deliberated on the subject in length before they read out this kinda judgement and as such can not disagree to that too. May be......may be, they have seen this in Indian Context as child marriages are a common sight here and there had been lots of HALL-Gulla from human right groups against these early marriages....and this must have prompted the judges to take a balanced view so that it silences the human-right groups [partly...for the time being] and also helps law-enforcing agencies to breath easy.However i strongly feel that 15 is not at all an age for a girl to be married off.
 
I dont like Judges who legilate from the bench.

Such decisions are private. Most of our parents and grandparents got married off at ages that self-conferred geniuses would consider inapppropriate. SO you guys mean to say that their parents were stupid.

It should be completely pto the parents and the family when to marry off their children.
 
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hi friendz,

well, we al r discussing abt the judgement laid down by the hon'ble high court of delhi...and by and large i've heared people looking at it as a bad judgement...first of all i would like to clarify few things....
1. marriage of a 15 yrs old girl is always a valid marriage right from the
bigining. it was never termed as void even in hindu marriage act ..or
muslim law.
2. the hon'ble high court has gone to c it through a wider prospect..wht
they have stated is, each case has to be dealt with according to facts
and circumstances of each case. there is no general law laid down by
this judgement.
3. this few was taken up by the high court after going through different provisions of different laws prevailing in india...and biggest stressbuster in court's eye's is provisions related to kidnapping under indian penal code..which says even if a girl under the age of majority has gone wit has guy with her consent, the accused (the guy) is liable to be punished under this act for kidnapping ,abduction.....

this provision was creating a loads of problem for different courts as even in cases where there was no malafide intention or ill motive on the part of a male counterpart..this provision was there right against him and lower courts were bound to follow this ratio....so keeping in view this situation i think hon'ble high court has taken a very bold and remarkable view which should be adopted by the lower courts as a precedent.

i hope i have made myself clear on this issue..but i think this judgement should not be used as an escapehole but a positive route to justice.....

Rupender Singh
 
I agree, 15 is not the right age to marry. But we should read the positive aspect of the judgement. The court decision will save the innocent boys who suffer in the hand of law.

In Indian society, parents consider their children as own property. They think that the children don't have any rights on own life. And they should always obey the parent's order specially if this is a matter of marriage or choosing the life partner. They don't allow their children to choose a life partner, even their child is very mature and educated.

A fool always thinks himself very intelligent. And this is true for all Indian parents, except few.
 
A fool always thinks himself very intelligent. And this is true for all Indian parents, except few.

The tone of the post by dear brother seems to indicate he is not beyond this category.
 
capt_manjeet said:
According to a latest High Court judgment, the marriage of a girl above the age of 15 is legally valid, provided she does so of her own free will. A girl above 15 years, according to the court, can be said to have reached the "age of discretion" and any willful marriage by her would be considered "valid, enforceable and recognisable in courts of law."
As expected, the ruling has opened a can of controversies. Is 15 the right age for taking a decision as crucial as deciding who you want to get married to? And if one is considered mature enough at 15, what is one at 25? Over the hill?

Of course, there are many women who have achieved great heights when they were all of 15 or even less... but does that necessarily translate into maturity
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Exceptional cases are everywhere,there are only a few cases wherein women got success at the age of 15 or less.If you think about the masses,15 is not at-all right age for marriage.

In my opinion,it should be 21 for girls & 25 for boys.
 
No sir, it doesn't. I think age has nothing to do with maturity. Very elderly people can be immature and very young can be mature. Its a matter of experience and how one chooses to learn from them. The ruling needs to be revised.
 
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