Under Muslim personal law in India, girls can get married once they reach puberty. The conflict between this and India’s Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, which bars all marriages of women below the age of 18, is being challenged in the Supreme Court.”There is a line of precedent that special laws will override general personal laws of any religion,” according to Dr Arghya Sengupta, research director of Vidhi Legal, a think-thank.

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