Uniform Marriage Age Plea: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (January 31) has sent a petition filed for the demand of Uniform Marriage Age to the Supreme Court. In addition, the court told the petitioner that On January 13, 2023, the Supreme Court has approved the transfer of the main proceedings related to uniformity in the minimum age of marriage for men and women in various laws.
Along with this, the bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramaniam Prasad also directed its registry department to send all the documents related to the case to the Supreme Court immediately. Delhi HC On Wednesday (February 1), it will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking equalization of the legal age of marriage for men and women. It has been said in this that the age limit for marriage for a girl has been kept at 18 years and for a boy at 21 years, this is discrimination.
What was said in the petition?
In the petition filed in the Delhi High Court, it was earlier said that at present, men in India are allowed to marry at the age of 21 and women at the age of 18. It has also been told that in more than 125 countries of the world there is an equal age of marriage for boys and girls. This petition BJP leader It was filed by Advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay.
As the plaintiff, he said that This petition has been filed under Article 226 in the public interest and challenges the open discrimination against women. In fact, on January 13, the Supreme Court got this petition transferred to itself. The plea states, “The discriminatory ‘minimum age’ limit for marriage of men and women is based on patriarchal stereotypes, has no scientific basis. It perpetuates legal and de facto inequality against women and the world as a whole Rs.It is against the spells.
The petition states that the differential bar discriminates against women and violates the fundamental principles of gender equality, gender justice and dignity of women. It violates Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution. The petitioner further asserted in his petition that women have a fundamental right to be free to study or do business after finishing school at the age of 18.
It also states that there is a social reality that women are expected to have children immediately after marriage and are often pressurized. Along with this, they are also forced to do household chores according to their stereotypical roles in the family. This harms their educational as well as economic pursuits and often hinders their desire to have children. This also affects.
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