National News: The Delhi High Magistrate has expressed serious snooping over the ongoing confrontation between Islamic and Indian laws over the validity of child marriage and criminality. The magistrate tabbed it a 'repeated dispute.' Justice Arun Monga said that under Islamic law, if a minor girl reaches the puberty (puberty), her marriage can be considered valid. At the same time, Indian law does not winnow it. Under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO Act, such a person who is married will be considered criminals.
Uniform Civil Code required
Looking at this dispute, the magistrate said that "Isn't the time now that we move towards Uniform Civil Code (UCC)?". Justice Monga emphasized that there should be only one legal structure, so that individual or customary laws do not navigate the national law.
The magistrate moreover widow that this mismatch demands legal clarity and the solution is responsible to the legislature. The magistrate said that it is up to the legislature to decide whether the unshortened polity is to protract to be supposed criminals or to increase peace and harmony through legal certainty.
Religious self-rule and legal obligation
The magistrate moreover clarified that religious self-rule cannot be so widespread that a person could stave criminal obligation. Justice Monga suggested that a practical solution may be that ban on child marriage and punitive results for all, as it directly collides with both IPC and POCSO laws.
Background of case
The scuttlebutt came on a petition that was filed by a 24 -year -old youth. The accused so-called that he married a minor girl. While the girl stated her age 20 years, the prosecution personal that she is between 15-16 years of age. Justice Monga said that a permanent solution should be left to the intelligence of the legislators of the country, but it is necessary to ensure it soon from the Parliament or the legislature.
