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'Reduce Child Marriages,' AIDWA Tells Rajasthan Govt After Assembly Passes Controversial Amendments

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The AIDWA pointed out that before the amendment, the 2009 Act already provided for the registration of child marriages, which appears to give legitimacy to such marriages.

The All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) has called upon the Rajasthan government to take measures to reduce child marriages after the state Assembly passed an amendment to a 2009 legislation amid uproar.

The Rajasthan state Assembly on Friday passed a bill to amend the Rajasthan Compulsory Registration of Marriages Act, 2009, which mandates the registration of marriages, including child marriage. The Opposition alleged that the amendment validates child marriage. But the Congress-led government claimed there was nothing new in the amendment except for a technical change in the older law.

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