Law & Governance

Law
i. International Laws
ii. Secular vs Religious Personal Laws
iii. Uncodified
iv. Indian State vs Family Laws

I. India –

i. Laws and legislations
• Age of Consent Act,1891
• Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
• Child Marriage RA, 1976
• PCMA, 2006
• Karnataka Amendment Act, 2016
• Haryana Amendment Act
• JJ Act, 2015
• POCSO, 2012
• JJ Rules, 2016
• POCSO Rules, 2020
• CPCRA, 2005
ii. Policy
• National Policy for children
• https://www.india.gov.in/national-policy-children
• https://wcd.nic.in/sites/default/files/npcenglish08072013_0.pdf
• National Plan of Action
iii. Reports
• Law Commission of India Reports
• Report 270 – Compulsory Registration of Marriage
• https://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in/reports/Report270.pdf
• Report 205 – Proposal to Amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 and other allied Laws.
• Report 59 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Special Marriage Act, 1954.
• Report 15 – Law relating to Marriage and Divorce amongst Christians in India.



II. Regional

i. Convention
ii. Policy
iii.Reports



III. UN

i. Convention
• Age of Consent/Forced Marriage
• CEDAW
ii. Policy
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/SP/SDG5.pdf
Doc above to be downloaded and made available here



IV. World/Global – (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

i. Law
ii. Policy
iii. Reports