Child Marriage Prosecutions in India: Case Law Analysis of Actors, Motives and Outcomes 2008-2017.

Abstract

The Adolescent Sexuality and Early Marriage Series comprises of research studies, consultation reports and analysis by Partners for Law in Development (PLD), that bring out the complex interplay between the age of sexual consent, early marriage and structural inequalities in the lives of adolescents and youth from marginalized populations in India. Using a socio-legal lens, this series reveals ways in which deterrence approaches and criminalization render this population more vulnerable to harm and less able to access rights protection.