[1] Child marriage has been an issue in India for a long time, because of its root in traditional, cultural and religious protection it has been a hard battle to fight.
The quantum of maintenance shall be determined considering the needs of the child, life style enjoyed by her and means of income of the paying party.
Court has power to add modify or revoke any order made under S. 3, 4 and 5, i.e., with respect to maintenance, residence, when there is change in circumstances.
For getting maintenance and residence of female contracting party or child born in such marriage and for custody of children, application can be moved before the district court having jurisdiction where Offence under this Act is cognizable and non bailable.
Any child marriage solemnized in contravention to the injunction order issued whether interim or final shall be void ab initio.
The government shall appoint Child marriage prohibition officers over the area specified in the official gazette.
In December 2021, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani referred the proposed bill to a parliamentary standing committee for detailed scrutiny.
The Government of India, introduced the bill by considering the data of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) and recommendations made by the Jaya Jaitly committee to bring uniformity in marriageable age of women at par with men.