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- DECLARATION
- CERTIFICATE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- I. INTRODUCTION
- Child Marriage
- II. CHILD MARRIAGE: A VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- Best Interest Concept
- Provision Rights
- Participation Rights
- Protection Rights
- III. CHILD MARRIAGE: CAUSES AND IMPACT
- Causes of Child Marriage
- Child Marriage: A Protection to Girls?
- Child Marriage: A custom?
- Child Marriage: To overcome poverty?
- Child Marriage: A Consequence of Urbanisation?
- Impact of Child Marriage
- Psychological
- Physiological
- Eugenic
- Educational Impact
- Impact on Family and Society
- Domestic Violence
- Marital Rape
- Child Widowhood
- Child Prostitution
- Female Foeticide and Infanticide
- IV. AGE AT MARRIAGE: A STATISTICAL STUDY
- India
- (a) Census
- (b) NFHS I and II
- Kerala
- Rapid Household Survey (RHS)
- Survey on Parenting Practices
- Baseline Study
- Empirical study
- Medical College Kozhikode
- District Hospital Manjeri
- Community Health Centre Nedumkandam
- Women and Children Hospital Mattanchery
- District Hospital, Ernakulam
- Medical College Kottayam
- V. CHILD MARRIAGE AND LEGAL CONTROL A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- Marriage
- Vedic Period
- Sutra Period
- Smriti Period
- Medieval Period
- Social Movements
- Legislative Measures
- Mother India Controversy
- Legislative Attempts at the Provincial Level
- Central Level
- VI. RESTRAINT OF CHILD MARRIAGE: STATUTORY ANALYSIS
- Applicability of the Act
- Jurisdiction of the Act
- Child Marriage
- Child under the Act
- Liability under the Act
- Criminal Liability of the Bridegroom under the Act
- Criminal Liability of Parents, guardians and other promoters of child marriage
- Criminal liability of persons solemnizing a child marriage
- Section 5 - applicable to parents?
- Preventive Measures
- VII. CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT: PROCEDURE AND PENAL POLICY
- Lodging a Complaint - Indispensable in Child Marriage Case ?
- Preliminary enquiry - Mandatory?
- Taking cognizance and limitation
- Is the offence Cognizable?
- Enforcement Machinery - Satisfactory?
- Penal Policy
- Minimum Punishment
- Exclusion of Women from imprisonment
- Enhancement of the quantum of penalty - Advisable?
- VIII. VALIDITY OF CHILD MARRIAGE: JUDICIAL RESPONSE
- Acquiescence of child marriage in other statutes
- Views of Judicial Officers and Academicians
- IX. CONCLUSION
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX – A
- APPENDIX - A (1) Questionnaire for Judicial Officers/Advocates/Academicians
- APPENDIX - A (2) Questionnaire for Police Officers
- APPENDIX - A (3) Questionnaire for Medical Experts
- APPENDIX - A 4) Interview Schedule for Child Wife
- APPENDIX - B
- Kerala Girls Marrying Below Age - 18 Years 1995-99
- APPENDIX - C
- Number of child wives and child widows as per 1921 census
- APPENDIX - D
- APPENDIX - E
- THE ORIGINAL BILL
- TABLE OF CASES
- STATUTES
- Reports and Official Documents
- International Conventions
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY