TY - JOUR AU - Apoorva Dixit , PY - 2022/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Critical Study On Raising The Marriageable Age For Girls Up To 21 Years JF - Legal Research Development JA - LRD VL - 6 IS - IV SE - Articles DO - 10.53724/lrd/v6n4.02 UR - http://lrdjournal.com/index.php/lrd/article/view/160 SP - 01-02 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">In many traditional societies, there is a certain law that gives a gateway to the marriage of girls and boys legally. The main object of this Research Paper is to provide why women’s marriageable age has to be increased. Many data have been given with reason but still, the major proportion of women’s marriages is still taking place who are below the 18 years. Also, this paper describes the unfavorable health issues to young mothers and to their newly born children due to the early age of marriage which include undernourishment and high mortality rates. In this paper, it has also been highlighted the complicated issues of marriage age, educational attainment, and low social status of women, and all of these can lead to major health impacts on young women.&nbsp; In this the empirical research methodology has been used since the data has been collected through experiences or observations. I have conducted broader research through Google by searching the legislation. We also searched some papers by using keywords like early marriages, child marriage etc.</p> ER -