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Ye Rishta Kya kahlata hai? Child Marriage

Child marriage memes and Rajasthan are linearly correlated. Seems like those memes have inspired the Gahlot government.                                       Earlier, laws ensured up to 2 years of jail to parents who married their daughter before she turned 18 or son before he turned 21 . People would therefore stay in constant fear of getting caught and jailed, and fined. It did curb child marriages to some extent if not all. Even if some took place covertly, they'd wait for the kids to attain majority and then apply for marriage registration. Whereas now, the couple will just need to go to the marriage registration officer of their area, catch him in a good mood, get their child marriage certified, and live happily ever after...until a dowry case is filed!                                       The...