Abstract

The research paper is based on the persisting situation of child marriage in Tamil Nadu. The paper aims at understanding the effect which the child marriage prohibition Act and other laws has in combating the issue also it aims to find out where there is a lacuna left over in combating child marriage in Tamil Nadu. This paper is Doctrinal research paper and it is based on secondary data and journals.The people belonging to certain areas in Tamil Nadu are not aware of the laws and the effects of child marriage which lead the children to suffer more as a result of their innocence and lack of maturity in leading a proper life in society. The laws which were proposed to deliver justice to the children from child marriage has given some effective remedy which is not much sufficient at each level of their existence. Thus the paper concludes that child marriage in Tamil Nadu prohibition laws lack implementation in practical sense also the child marriage prohibition laws in solving this issue has to look upon the factors like effectiveness of the laws provided to combat the social evil on whole and also protect the children and their childhood from being adulterated in the name of child marriage.

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