Unimpressed by the Centre’s submissions that statespecific programmes like awareness campaigns and training are being undertaken, the top court said “These programmes, lectures do not really change things on the ground”.
NGO ‘Society for Enlightenment and Voluntary Action’, in 2017, had filed the PIL in the top court alleging that the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act was not being enforced in “letter and spirit”.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra heard submissions from the counsel of the petitioner NGO and Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the Centre, before reserving the verdict.
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