The petitioner was filed by one Nazia Elahi Khan, who told the Court that State authorities had failed to act on her representation for making it mandatory for all Muslim girls to at least pass Class XII before getting married.
“This issue affects the public at large particularly the Islamic community,” Khan said in the plea.
She claimed that it had become impossible for Muslim girls to study at least till Class XII as they are “thought to be better off to get married”.
“Young girls from the Muslim Community are married off when she attains the age of puberty or adolescence which starts roughly from around the age of twelve,” the petitioner claimed.
Source: Barandbench
