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SC show cause on marriage age bar
KATHMANDU, JUL 05 -
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the government asking why it should not correct two of its laws which set up conflicting criteria on the age required for people willing to marry.
The order issued by a single bench of Justice Damodar Prasad Sharma was in reference to conflicting provisions on the age factor for legal marriage in the new regulations concerning the distribution of bounty for inter-caste marriage.
On Sunday, Lawyers’ National Camp-aign for Elimination of Caste Discrimina-tion had moved the SC demanding its intervention in “correcting” the regulations. The petitioner claimed that the regulations were “flawed,” especially in determining the age threshold for male and female partners entering into an inter-caste marriage.
The regulations promise to grant Rs. 100,000 for each inter-caste marriage between Dalits and non-Dalits. The petitioner claimed that the regulations made conflicting statements on the minimum age required for persons willing to marry.
The government regulations on the distribution of the bounty 2009 states that in order to be eligible to receive the package, the male and female partners willing to enter into an inter-caste marriage should be over 22 and 18. However, this directly contradicts the Chapter on Marriage of the Muluki Ain, which requires that the female partner should have reached the age of 18 if the marriage is on consent of her parents. If she has no consent of her parents she should be at least 20 years of age, it says.
Posted on: 2010-07-06 08:04
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