Ashok Kumar v. Birakishore

A father alleged that his son-in-law had kidnapped his daughter.  The daughter showed that she was of age and had married of her own free will.  The court held that a family can have no control over who an adult chooses to marry.

Topics

• Gender discrimination
• Harmful traditional practices

Geographical location

• Asia
• India
• Orissa

Keywords

• child or early marriage
• forced marriage
• harmful traditional practices

Year

• 2004

External URL

• Ashok Kumar v. Birakishore

Court

• High Court of India

Type

• Domestic Case Law

Jurisdiction

• India