{"id":43644,"date":"2016-06-29T20:30:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=43644"},"modified":"2016-06-30T03:06:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T21:36:38","slug":"madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage","title":{"rendered":"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40622\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/husband-in-laws-held-guilty-of-dowry-harassment\/dowry-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,376\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dowry\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40622 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?resize=300%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and his minor sister if their father violates the undertaking that he would not marry off his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Justice S Vimala of the Madurai bench passed the order on a petition by one S Venkatesan of Guziliamparai in Dindigul district who charged his father with trying to marry off his sister against her wishes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The child marriage prohibition officer should create awareness regarding the evil of child marriages and sensitise the community on the issue of child marriages,&#8221; the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>She told the father he was not expected to conduct the marriage of his daughter till she attains marriageable age.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner submitted that their father was trying to marry off his sister to their cousin against her wishes.<\/p>\n<p>The Judge observed that child marriage was a violation of children&#8217;s human rights, which is prohibited by Indian and international laws.<\/p>\n<p>However, it continued to rob millions of girls under 18 years of age, of their childhood, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Education was essential for girls to be able to make informed decisions about their future. But child marriage forced them out of education and threw them into a life filled with risks and danger, the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner said he and his sister preferred to be in the custody of their maternal aunt and did not want to go with their father.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and his minor sister if their father violates the undertaking that he would not marry off his daughter. Justice S Vimala of the Madurai bench passed the order on a petition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38299,"featured_media":40622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[146,31987,117,80,4010,36974],"class_list":["post-43644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-law-news","tag-court","tag-featured","tag-law","tag-legal-news","tag-madras-high-court","tag-police-protection-for-minor-girl-fearing-marriage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-29T15:00:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-29T21:36:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"376\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\"},\"headline\":\"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-29T15:00:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-29T21:36:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Court\",\"featured\",\"Law\",\"Legal News\",\"Madras High Court\",\"police protection for minor girl fearing marriage\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\",\"name\":\"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-29T15:00:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-29T21:36:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1\",\"width\":620,\"height\":376},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/top-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26\",\"name\":\"Legal India News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/news\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2016-06-29T15:00:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-06-29T21:36:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":376,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage"},"author":{"name":"Legal India News","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26"},"headline":"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage","datePublished":"2016-06-29T15:00:29+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-29T21:36:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage"},"wordCount":276,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1","keywords":["Court","featured","Law","Legal News","Madras High Court","police protection for minor girl fearing marriage"],"articleSection":["Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage","name":"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1","datePublished":"2016-06-29T15:00:29+00:00","dateModified":"2016-06-29T21:36:38+00:00","description":"Observing that child marriages are a violation of human rights, the Madras High Court today directed police to provide necessary protection to a boy and - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1","width":620,"height":376},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-minor-girl-fearing-marriage#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Top Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Madras HC orders police protection for minor girl fearing marriage"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2b856940493e891fdeab60e1199c3d26","name":"Legal India News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c408fba78be47a892c53d34c8fba7cbe12a0e770170ebcd127d6bfbd0d521664?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/news"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/dowry.jpg?fit=620%2C376&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34869,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-orders-police-protection-rajasthan-girl-fears-honour-killing","url_meta":{"origin":43644,"position":0},"title":"Madras HC orders police protection to Rajasthan girl who fears honour killing","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"August 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Madras high court on Friday ordered police protection, if necessary, to a Rajasthan girl who apprehended honour killing at the hands of her own family members. Manju, 19, married a Tamil youth from Coimbatore in April this year and she was taken to Rajasthan by her parents by force\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/family-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"honour killing","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/honour-killing.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":41812,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/child-marriage-will-not-automatically-become-void-madras-hc","url_meta":{"origin":43644,"position":1},"title":"Child marriage will not automatically become void: Madras HC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"March 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Madras High Court in Madurai\u00a0has held that a wedding between minor girl and boy will not become void automatically without either of them obtaining a decree of divorce from family court within two years of their attaining the legal age for marriage. A division bench here comprising justices S\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/family-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"child marriage","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/child-marriage.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42788,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-refuses-quash-lower-court-order-dna-test","url_meta":{"origin":43644,"position":2},"title":"Madras HC refuses to quash lower court order on DNA test","author":"Legal India News","date":"May 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Madras High Court has refused to quash a Judicial Magistrate's order rejecting a plea from a husband to subject his wife to DNA test to decide the paternity of a child born to them. Prakash, husband of the woman alleged that the child, born within six months from their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Criminal Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Criminal Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/criminal-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madras HC refuses to quash lower court order on DNA test","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42317,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-grants-advance-bail-to-mentally-ill-man","url_meta":{"origin":43644,"position":3},"title":"Madras HC grants advance bail to mentally ill man","author":"Legal India News","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Madras High Court today granted anticipatory bail to a 61-year-old mentally challenged man, who allegedly murdered his wife and inflicted injury on himself last year. Granting anticipatory bail to the man, on a petition by one of his sons Kamaraj fearing arrest of his father, Justice S Vimala said,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madras HC grants advance bail to mentally ill man","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Chennai_High_Court.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22123,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/after-20-minor-girl-can-get-marriage-declared-void-hc","url_meta":{"origin":43644,"position":4},"title":"After 20, minor girl can get marriage declared void: HC","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The husband of a minor girl is entitled to his wife's custody but cannot consummate his marriage with her till she attains the age of 20 as law gives her the liberty to approach the court to get her marriage declared void. A Delhi High Court Bench gave this ruling\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":21888,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/child-marriage-groom-held-for-marrying-minor-girl","url_meta":{"origin":43644,"position":5},"title":"Child Marriage: Groom held for marrying minor girl","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"July 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In a child marriage case a 22-year old man who tied the knot with a \"minor\" girl landed behind the bars with police arresting him within hours of the wedding on the charge of child marriage in the district today. \u00a0\u00a0Besides the bridegroom, the father and mother of the 15-year\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-blW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}