The Delhi high court has allowed a 16-year-old girl, an alleged sexual assault victim, to undergo termination of nearly 24-week pregnancy after her father, who earlier consented to the minor's abortion, did not come forward to sign the consent form.
The Delhi high court has said that a girl, who has attained puberty, can marry without the consent of her parents under Muslim laws while hearing a plea seeking protection to a couple who got married against the consent of girl's parents.
The Delhi high court had expressed its inability to act against teenage husbands in runaway marriages
Each story is sadder than the next, but what is most heartbreaking is to see the indifference shown towards these children by the police.
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