RIGHT AGE FOR A WOMAN TO GET MARRIED IS AT AGE OF 18 OR 21?

AUTHOR -RUPIKA GOUNDLA, STUDENT AT O.P JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY, SONIPAT

BEST CITATION – RUPIKA GOUNDLA, RIGHT AGE FOR A WOMAN TO GET MARRIED IS AT AGE OF 18 OR 21?, ILE LEX SPECULUM (ILE LS), 1 (1) OF 2023, PG. 252-255, APIS – 3920 – 0036 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

Abstract

Marriages at the age of 18 for a girl are very prevalent in India. It is certainly not wrong for most of the people in the society to marry a girl when is only 18 which becomes a huge hindrance for education which further completely reduces her chances to become independent. This paper aims to answer the question what age is right for a woman to get married analyzing through the negative aspects of getting married early age and also through the effect of child marriages on a girl. The government of India has brought a opinion to change the legal age of marriage of a girl to 21 rather than 18 which received a lot of backlash from the society. Even though most of the people argue that the right age for a woman to get married is 18 and not 21, I am going to argue that the woman should get married at the age of 21 to promote gender equality and empower women as promised under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution.  

Keywords – Legal Age, Gender Equality, Child Marriage, Women Empowerment, Child Education.