As per ‘The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006’, any marriage where either of the contracting party is a child at the time of the marriage is voidable at the option of the contracting parties if they approach the court within two years of attaining their majority. The total number of child marriage cases reported, as per National Crime Records Bureau reports, during the last five years is given below:
State-wise number of child marriage cases reported during the last five years
|
Sl. No. |
State/UT |
Number of Cases registered during the year |
||||
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
||
|
1 |
Andhra Pradesh |
16 |
16 |
15 |
19 |
15 |
|
2 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
Assam |
1 |
4 |
14 |
23 |
58 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
1 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
|
6 |
Goa |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Gujarat |
12 |
16 |
9 |
12 |
6 |
|
8 |
Haryana |
17 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
18 |
|
9 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
10 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Jharkhand |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
12 |
Karnataka |
26 |
44 |
35 |
51 |
65 |
|
13 |
Kerala |
11 |
19 |
13 |
8 |
15 |
|
14 |
Madhya Pradesh |
6 |
15 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
|
15 |
Maharashtra |
16 |
14 |
24 |
16 |
20 |
|
16 |
Manipur |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 |
Meghalaya |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
Mizoram |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
19 |
Nagaland |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 |
Odisha |
0 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
17 |
|
21 |
Punjab |
0 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
|
22 |
Rajasthan |
5 |
5 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
|
23 |
Sikkim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
24 |
Tamil Nadu |
56 |
47 |
77 |
55 |
55 |
|
25 |
Telangana |
13 |
15 |
19 |
25 |
|
|
26 |
Tripura |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
27 |
Uttar Pradesh |
5 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
28 |
Uttarakhand |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
29 |
West Bengal |
43 |
37 |
40 |
41 |
49 |
|
30 |
A & N Islands |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
31 |
Chandigarh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
32 |
D&N Haveli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
33 |
Daman & Diu |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
34 |
Delhi UT |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
35 |
Lakshadweep |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
Puducherry |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Total |
222 |
280 |
293 |
326 |
395 |
|
This information was given by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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