Express News Service
AHMEDABAD: In a startling episode, around 38 teenagers were rescued from a mass wedding ceremony in Ahmedabad’s Vatava neighborhood. The legal age of marriage for females is 18, whereas for males it is 21.
A member of ‘Pryas’ NGO, upon learning that 38 weddings were about to be held as part of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad, swing into action and stopped the wedding preparations on Friday with the help of volunteers, District Child Marriage Prohibition Office and the local police. The member learned that some of these mass marriages also involve child marriages.
Upon reaching the wedding venue, officials sought the birth certificates of all 72 individuals scheduled to marry and over the next two days, the organisation in charge of the mass marriage ceremony cooperated with the government officials and produced the needed paperwork.
It was discovered that 19 of the 36 potential weddings were illegal and at least one of the participants was under the legal marriage age of 18 years for females and 21 years for males. Project coordinator of ‘Prayas’ NGO Indrajeetsinh Chauhan said,
“Our team verified the names registered in mass marriages for two days on Friday and Saturday after receiving information that some people were getting married in Vatva, Ahmedabad, despite the fact that they were not legally eligibl to do so. We discovered 19 couples, or 38 people, were getting married despite not being of marriageable age.”
19 of 36 potential weddings were illegalIt was discovered that 19 of the 36 potential weddings were illegal and at least one of the participants was under the legal marriage age of 18 years for females and 21 years for males. The team had verified the names registered in mass marriages for two days.
AHMEDABAD: In a startling episode, around 38 teenagers were rescued from a mass wedding ceremony in Ahmedabad’s Vatava neighborhood. The legal age of marriage for females is 18, whereas for males it is 21.
A member of ‘Pryas’ NGO, upon learning that 38 weddings were about to be held as part of a mass marriage ceremony in Ahmedabad, swing into action and stopped the wedding preparations on Friday with the help of volunteers, District Child Marriage Prohibition Office and the local police. The member learned that some of these mass marriages also involve child marriages.
Upon reaching the wedding venue, officials sought the birth certificates of all 72 individuals scheduled to marry and over the next two days, the organisation in charge of the mass marriage ceremony cooperated with the government officials and produced the needed paperwork. googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
It was discovered that 19 of the 36 potential weddings were illegal and at least one of the participants was under the legal marriage age of 18 years for females and 21 years for males. Project coordinator of ‘Prayas’ NGO Indrajeetsinh Chauhan said,
“Our team verified the names registered in mass marriages for two days on Friday and Saturday after receiving information that some people were getting married in Vatva, Ahmedabad, despite the fact that they were not legally eligibl to do so. We discovered 19 couples, or 38 people, were getting married despite not being of marriageable age.”
19 of 36 potential weddings were illegal
It was discovered that 19 of the 36 potential weddings were illegal and at least one of the participants was under the legal marriage age of 18 years for females and 21 years for males. The team had verified the names registered in mass marriages for two days.
