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BOMBAY HIGH COURT DIRECTED STATE TO REPORT ON APPOINTMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF CHILD MARRIAGE PROHIBITION OFFICERS
The Business Guardian
|July 14, 2023
The Bombay High Court in the case Child Marriage Prohibition Committee and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors observed and has directed the State Government for submitting information with regards to the appointment and performance of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers in the State.
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The Division bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Arif Doctor was hearing the matter wherein the Public Interest Litigation filed by an NGO and some social activists seeking effective implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriages Act, 2006.
The court in the case observed and has directed the Secretary, Women and Child Development Department, or a representative vetted by the Secretary, for filing an additional affidavit in order to provide the following information’s:
The number of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers, CMPOs who are appointed by the State Government across Maharashtra.
Weather it has been submitted by the officers the periodical returns and statistics on child marriages to the State Government, as it is mandated under section 16 of the Act and Rule 3 of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Child Marriage Rules, 2022.
This story is from the July 14, 2023 edition of The Business Guardian.
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