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[1] Govind v State of Madhya Pradesh (AIR 1975 SC 1378)

[2] Lata Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2006) 5 SCC 475

[3] Article 44 of the Indian Constitution

[4] Taken from complication landmarks judgment of High Courts of India on family matters, Year of publication 2016, compiled By Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority.

[5] K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1 (‘K.S. Puttuswamy’)

[6] Rayala M. Bhuvaneswari v. Nagaphanender Rayala AIR 2008 AP 98

[7] Preeti Jain v. Kunal Jain, MANU/RH/0335/2016.

[8] Joseph Shine v. Union of India, (2019) 3 SCC 39 (‘Joseph Shine’)

[9] https://www.scobserver.in/cases/joseph-shine-v-union-of-india-decriminalisation-of-adultery-background/, last visited, 10.11.2023.

[10] Fatima v. Emperor, AIR 1914 Lah. 380.

[11] https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/09/FT_Marriage_Age_Appendix_2016_09_08.pdf, last visited,12.11.2023.

[12] Section 375 of The Indian Penal code.

[13] https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-to-examine-whether-girls-aged-15-can-be-married-off-under-muslim-personal-law-when-statutes-make-it-an-offence/article66373319.ece, last visited, 12.11.2023.

[14] Taken from complication landmarks judgment of High Courts of India on family matters, Year of publication 2016, compiled By Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority.

[15] https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/fact-sheet/gay-marriage-around-the-world/, last visited, 12.11.2023

[16] Supriya Chakraborty & Anr. v Union of India, 2023 INSC 920

[17] https://www.wionews.com/india-news/marriage-a-license-to-rape-indias-top-court-to-hear-pleas-on-marital-rape-these-countries-criminalise-it-576588, last visited, 13.11.2023.

[18] Joseph Shine v. Union of India, 2018SCC Online SC 1676