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The minimum legal age for marriage was increased to 15 for girls in 1949, and to 18 for females and 21 for males in 1978. [5] The child marriage prevention laws have been challenged in Indian courts, [4] with some domestic Muslim organizations seeking no minimum age and that the age matter be left to their personal law.
The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, passed on 28 September 1929, in the Imperial Legislative Council of India, fixed the minimum age of marriage for girls at 14 years and boys at 18 years. In 1949, after India's independence, it was amended to fix the age of 15 for girls, and in 1978 to 18 for girls and 21 for boys.
There are some controversies existing regarding the marriageable age of girls, particularly Muslim girls. In Kerala , nine Muslim organizations led by the Indian Union Muslim League resolved on September 21, 2013, to move the Supreme Court to get Muslim women excluded from the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act of 2006.
Egypt diverged from this pattern by setting the age limits of 18 years for boys and 16 years for girls, without a distinction between competence for marriage and minimum age. [295] Many senior clerics in Saudi Arabia have opposed setting a minimum age for marriage, arguing that a girl reaches adulthood at puberty. [296]
In India, marriage is thought to be for life, [41] and the divorce rate is extremely low. In 2021, India recorded the lowest divorce rate in the world at just 0.1 divorces per 1000 people. In contrast, the divorce rate in the United States was significantly higher, at 2.5 per 1000. The Indian figure, however, appears to be rising.
Currency of information varies by country. Because the age distribution of people at first marriage is skewed with a longer tail towards older ages, [1] the majority of people marry before the average age of first marriage. The median age is a more precise representation of when the majority of people marry; for most reporting sources, however ...
The marriageable age is 16 years for females, and 18 for males. Before this age, marriage requires authorization from the Shariah Court of the State of Bahrain. [33] The minimum age to marry without permission from the girl's father or legal guardian is 18 years. [34] Rape is punished by imprisonment.
In its 2001 census report, India stated zero married girls below the age of 10, 1.4 million married girls out of 59.2 million girls aged 10–14, and 11.3 million married girls out of 46.3 million girls aged 15–19. [49] Times of India reported that 'since 2001, child marriage rates in India have fallen by 46% between 2005 and 2009. [50]