PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION
SECTION 198(6), CR.PC
Ongoing PIL in the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi challenging Constitutionality of Section 198(6) Code of Criminal Procedure which restricts "all courts" from taking cognizance of Marital Rape within Child Marriage after 1 year of incidence.
CMPO, PCMA, 2006
Ongoing PIL in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on need based rationalised appointment of Child Marriage Prohibition Officers (CMPO) under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 .
SECTION 375, IPC, 1860
The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India read down exception 2 of Section 375, Indian Penal Code, criminalizing sex with minor wife.
Additional Information
Post the landmark judgment of 2017 - Independent Thought vs. Union of India - where sex with minor wife was criminalised, there has been several actions by the Police and Judiciary towards protecting girls from the horrifying experiences of child marriages and punishment to the guilty.