Compulsory injunction orders set to make secret child marriages difficult in Banswara

Beneshwar Fair in the Banswara region, where matches are looking for matches for the tender age for the children of tribal families. | Photo Loan: Special Editing
Southern Rajasthan’s tribal judge will no longer have secret child marriages in the Banswara region, and the regional administration constitutes the process of receiving a precautionary measures from the court for any reported or approaching example. A standard operating procedure (SOP) summarizing the steps for the intervention and implementation of law has also been published.
With more than 70% of its population consisting of tribal communities, the Banswara region is vulnerable to child marriages. According to the National Family Health Research-5 (2019-21), the child marriage rate in Banswara was 25%, which was 23.3%higher than the national average.
Mandatory precautionary precautionary orders will change this situation and make the secret seriousness of child marriage almost impossible. In accordance with the 13 (1) department of the child marriage law of 2006, a precautionary measure given by the Court of Judicial Magistrates’ Court enables the authorities to prevent a child marriage proactively.
Criminal offense
Banswara collector Indrajeet Yadav said that the court’s prudent decision decision was a “binding legal directive ve and the violation constitutes a criminal offense. Sop not only stops their child marriage in place, but also aims to prevent them from being made in secrecy at a later date.
Police Department, Social Justice and Strengthening Department and Regional Child Protection Cell, the directive of Mr. YADAV, which was given to the key officials, called on Sop to adapt to effectively. The administration organizes an educational program for the relevant regional level for the relevant authorities.
Banswara -based Beneshwar Delik Vikas Sansthan (BLVS) Director Yatin Upadhyay, Hindu, the management of the legal measure of the legal measure of the management, he said. “This is a very important order. Previously, when we stopped their child marriage, families often gave verbal assurances or signed attempts, but then they continued with marriage secretly,” he said.
Mr. Upadhyay confirmed that this would be a matter of legal registration by a precautionary measure of precautionary precautionary measures and that any violation could be punished. “This will be overcome by a powerful legal deterrent and fear of law that the Banswara region is necessary to make the child marriage without marriage,” he said.
BLVS is primarily a partner of fair rights with a civil society network consisting of more than 250 voluntary groups using legal interventions to combat crimes against children.
According to Sop, joint teams, police and non -governmental organizations consisting of members of women and child development department should immediately respond to the reports of an upcoming child marriage. “The names and ages of the bride and groom, the history of the proposed wedding and family details will prepare a detailed report,“ the Sop Directive said.
Based on this report, the families will be presented before the sub -section of the peace judiciary, which will subsequently make an official request to the judiciary of the judiciary. Such an order will clearly state that the girl and the boy can only marry after reaching the 18th and 21st legal ages, respectively. The violation of this directive will invite the criminal action.
Children’s National Meeting Ravi Kant, fair rights for the precautionary precautionary decision is a “highly effective judicial tool ve and said that if it is supported by cooperation between departments, civil society and communities, it will help prevent child marriage.
The courts in various parts of Rajasthan took the orders of precautionary measures that banned children’s marriage alliances in the tender age of the past. The initiative in Banswara is the first example of the administration seeking legal support to stop child marriage as a measure of social reform.
Published – 30 June 2025 12:52