The findings of a survey submitted in the Supreme Court claimed that most of the girls who were victims of child marriage were in West Bengal.
The Supreme Court, who passed the historic pronouncement of sexually abusing sex with a minor wife , citing the survey in its order, said that this figure of 40.7 per cent of the victims of child marriage increased to 47 in rural areas of the eastern state of Bengal The percentage goes up.
The report said that the lowest percentage of child marriage was recorded in Punjab and Kerala. In these two states, this percentage is 7.6%.
According to the National Family Health Survey 2015-16, on the second and third positions in the case of girls who were victims of child marriage, Bihar (39 per cent) and Jharkhand (38 per cent) are at the top.
Court Yaymurthy MB Lokur and went submitted the report before a bench of Justice Deepak Gupta . This bench has ruled that there will be an offense under the IPC for sexual intercourse with the wife of less than 18 years of age and a fine of up to 10 years can be sent to jail.
According to this figure, which has a significant significance in the light of the Supreme Court judgment, the number of girls who had been married in child marriage in the year 2015-16 was 16 per cent, compared to 22.7 per cent in 2005-06.
According to the report, the number of girls who have suffered child marriage in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Gujarat are 35.4 per cent, 25 per cent and 24.9 per cent respectively.
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