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Muslim body to move SC over marriageable age for community girls

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 23:26

Holding that fixing marriageable age for Muslims was an encroachment into their religious rights, a newly constituted umbrella body of the community here has decided to move the Supreme Court seeking exemption from the minimum age limit of 18 years.

Accept school certificate as age proof: Supreme Court

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 17:53

Noting the large number of cases where the question of whether or not an accused is a juvenile reach right up to the Supreme Court, the apex court has said that an authentic school leaving certificate (SLC) should confirm the age, and there is no need for a medical determination of this if that document is available.