New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, D.C., was signed into law last week following advocacy by a coalition ...

Jains’ inclusion as minorities for the purposes of the National Commission of Minorities Act being used to refuse matrimonial ...

Deeming the current age limit to have increased cases of rape, lawmakers support plan to revise Child Act and the Criminal ...

The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has indicated that there is a strong case for a big change to marriage laws in South Africa.

On Thursday, the House approved an exception to the new law, passing a bill that makes 17 the age of consent for marriage if one of the pair is active duty military. Less than three months after New ...

Japan's Osaka High Court ruled Tuesday that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, following similar ...

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has set aside an Indore family court’s February 8, 2025 order which denied relief to ...

Under the amended Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, the punishment for rape under the pretext of marriage has ...