The petitioner, V. Iyyappan, argued that V. Amutha Rani had married a Catholic in a Catholic parish following the stipulations of the Indian Christian Marriage Act and so had no legal right to claim ...

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari assented to “The Christian Marriage (Amendment) Act 2024,” increasing the minimum marriage age limit for members of the Christian faith from 13 and 16 to ...

The Christian Marriage Act of 2024 amended an 1872 British rule allowing marriage at 13 for girls and 16 for boys, raising the age to 18 for both genders. The law was approved amid incidents of ...