Assam to repeal law that allowed underage Muslim marriages

With the cabinet endorsing the proposal mooted in Feb, the Bill to abrogate the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules will be moved in the assembly’s upcoming monsoon session. “We have taken a significant step to ensure justice for our daughters and sisters by putting additional safeguards against child marriage,” CM Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote on his X handle.