Is Law Strong Enough over Customs? The Salience of Child Marriage in India: A Critical Study

Abstract

In the era of globalization world has been changing rapidly. Along with it, certain socialpractices are also changing and some have become obsolete. Child marriage is one of theretrogressive evil that is still struggling towards good and against evil. A wholly social mindset isassociated with customs and idea of rejecting practice perpetuates hatred. The very idea of lawagainst child marriage is under strain, owing poor social and political will. This paper will drawhistorical roots of child marriage tradition along with issues and challenges that challengesfundamental rights of the child.