Supreme Court of India
Hardev Singh v. Harpreet Kaur & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above, the directions issued by the High Court to get the First Information Report lodged (FIR No. 122 dated 24.12.2010) are quashed, and the impugned order is set aside.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 – s.9 – Interpretation of – High Court directed registration of FIR for criminal o ffence u/ s. 9 of the Act, 2006 against the appellant – It wa s alleged that appellant was only 17 years, when he married respon dent no.1 – However, it is not disputed that respondent no.1 (w ife of the appellant) was a major at the time of marriage – He ld: literal interpretation of ss.2(a), 2(b) and 9 would mean that if a m ale aged between the years of eighteen and twenty-one contract s marriage with a female above eighteen years of age, female adult w ould not be
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 referred to
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