Supreme Court to examine child rights panel's plea challenging Punjab and Haryana High Court order on Muslim girl's marriage - Punjabi News

Published on: 13 Jan 2023 at 02:47 PM

Supreme Court to examine child rights panel’s plea challenging Punjab and Haryana High Court order on Muslim girl’s marriage

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New Delhi, January 13

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ plea challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order that a Muslim girl can marry a person of her choice after attaining puberty.

The top court held that the high court judgment, which held that a Muslim girl aged 15 can enter into a legal and valid marriage as per personal law, should not be relied on as a precedent in any other case.

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha issued notices to the Haryana government and others and appointed senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao as amicus curiae in the matter.

“We are inclined to entertain these writ petitions. Issue notice. Pending further orders, impugned judgment (of HC) shall not be relied upon as precedent,” the bench said.