THE NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY,

BHOPAL

FAMILY LAW - I

FIFTH TRIMESTER

PROJECT SYNOPSIS

ON

UNIFORM CIVIL CODE

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

Sanchit Kaushik Dr. Debashree Sarkar
2018BA.LLB. (HONS)71
Section-A

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 INTRODUCTION

Child marriage in India has become a major issue in the country like India. Child marriage,
defined as marriage before age 18, devastates the lives of the girls, their families and their
communities. Widespread in many countries, half of the girls are married before they turn 18.

This project deals with the various areas of child marriages which takes place in India. Child
marriage usually refers social phenomena practiced in some societies in India, where a young
child (usually a girl below the age of fifteen) is married to an adult man. A second form of
practice of child marriage is that in which the parents of the two children (the girl and boy)
arrange a future marriage, in this practice, the individuals (the boy & girl) do not meet one
another until they reach the marriageable age, when the wedding ceremony is performed. As
per law, the marriageable age is 21 for males and 18 for females.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

To find out issues relating to child marriage in India

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1. To study about the issue of related to child marriage

2. To find what is the scope of child marriage

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. What is the exact problem of child marriage?

2. What are the causes of child marriage?

SCOPE OF STUDY
This paper analyses the various laws in India relating to the prohibition of child marriage and
the laws ruling and controlling such activities. Many suggestions and recommendations are
mentioned in the project to curb the problem of child marriage in India.

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 LIMITATION OF STUDY
The present study can’t completely focus on the emphasis of child marriage and its effect in
society

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The research methodology used is mainly empirical one and books and mainly the internet
sources would be used as the prime source of information

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

1. Farrah Ahmed, Religious Freedom Under the Personal Law System (Oxford University
Press, UK, 2016).
2. M.P JAIN, Matrimonial Laws in India, 4 JILI, 71 (1962)
3. MohdShabbir, “Muslim Personal Law, Uniform Civil Code, Judicial Activism: A critique”,
XII Alig. L.J. 1997, p.4
4. S.P. Sathe, Judicial Activism in India, (2nd ed., Oxford University Press 2002) 193
5. S.S NIGAM, A Plea for a Uniform Law of Divorce, V JILI.47

CHAPTERISATION

1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROBLEM OF CHILD MARRIAGE
3. ISSUE OF HILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA
4. FACTS AND FIGURES OF CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA
5. CAUSES OF CHILD IN MARRIAGE IN INDIA
6. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS DENIED BY CHILD MARRIAGE
7. MAIN FEATURES OF THE “PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE ACT, 2006”
8. ANALYSIS OF THE RUKHMABAI CASE
9. THE PHULMONEE CASE SUMMARY
10. CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY CHILD MARRIAGE PROHIBITION ACT,2006
11. CHILD MARRIAGE PROHIBITION OFFICER
12. PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATION OF CHILD MARRIAGE RESTRAINT ACT, 1929
13. CHILD MARRIAGE LAWS IN INDIA: A FINAL WORD.

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CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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