Personal law can’t override Pocso Act, IPC: K'taka HC

Though a second marriage is permissible under Mohammedan law, personal law cannot override special laws like the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, Child Marriage Restraint Act and the General Penal Code of this country, the Karnataka high court observed on Monday, while rejecting bail to Rahul alias Nayaz Pasha, of Tiptur town in Tumakuru district.

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Personal law can’t override Pocso Act, IPC: K'taka HC
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Though a second marriage is permissible under Mohammedan law, personal law cannot override special laws like the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, Child Marriage Restraint Act and the General Penal Code of this country, the Karnataka high court observed on Monday, while rejecting bail to Rahul alias Nayaz Pasha, of Tiptur town in Tumakuru district.
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