The High Court, in this regard, had placed reliance on the judgment in Yunus Khan v State of Haryana wherein it was noted that a Muslim girl’s age of marriage was governed by Muslim personal law.
It had also adverted to Article 195 from the book ‘Principles of Mohammedan Law’ by Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla which states that ‘every Mahomedan of sound mind, who has attained puberty, may enter into a contract of marriage’.
The explanation to that Article provides that puberty is presumed, in the absence of evidence, on completion of the age of fifteen years.
Source: Barandbench
