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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the law on prevention of child marriages cannot be stunted by personal laws.
A survey of the State Kudumbasree Mission had found that as many as 34 such marriages were held at Tirunelli panchayat.
Broker cheated the families of the girl and her husband.
Across India, 161 civil society organisations in 265 districts throughout 17 states and Union Territories prevented 14,137 child marriages.
The 17-year-old girl had filed a petition in Bombay HC saying scans had shown that the foetus had skeletal anomalies.
The class 9 girl was allegedly married to a 28-year-old man residing at East Hill.
Munnar Police arrested Kandathikkudi-native T Raman (45) on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) charges.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma had on Saturday asserted that the drive to end the social menace would go on till the next assembly polls, drawing flak of opposition camps, which called the move a "hurriedly carried out publicity stunt".
The marriage of a 17-year-old girl with a 26-year-old youth was conducted by her mother and relatives.
The man is married and is the father of two children.
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