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The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Women and Child Development to file a status report regarding the steps taken by the Centre to implement the provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.
Presiding over a meeting with officials of various departments, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Khanna) Amarjeet Bains said that Akshaya Tritiya was considered an auspicious day, and a large number of children were married off by certain groups of the society