<p>Authorities have foiled a family's attempt to marry off a 16-year-old girl in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-civic-body-carries-out-massive-demolition-drives-in-thane-district-locals-oppose-action-23490220" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a>, officials said on Wednesday, PTI reported.</p>
<p>Pune's child welfare department office received an anonymous call, following which authorities in Thane stopped the marriage ceremony in the Ulhasnagar area on Monday.</p>
<p>The minor girl was about to get married to a 24-year-old man residing in Solapur, PTI reported.</p>
<p>As per PTI, after being alerted, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-child-rights-commission-hears-35-pocso-and-rte-cases-23444633" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">child welfare committee</a> officials in Thane immediately rushed to the venue where family members from both sides and guests had assembled for the wedding ceremony, Thane district child welfare officer Ramkrishna Reddy said.</p>
<p>After halting the ceremony, the officials held a meeting with the parents of the girl and the man.</p>
<p>During questioning, they revealed that the girl's father was seriously ill and hence, the family wanted to get her married at the earliest, the official said, PTI reported.</p>
<p>A case has been registered against the groom, both their parents, the priest who was conducting the ceremony and others under the Prohibition of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/five-booked-for-marriage-of-17-year-old-girl-in-thane-district-23479828" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Child Marriage</a> Act, he said.</p>
<p>The girl has been lodged at a remand home, official added, PTI reported.</p>
<h2>Bombay High Court allows victim of child marriage to get her pregnancy terminated over foetal abnormalities</h2>
<p>The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/french-firm-accuses-mmrda-officials-of-graft-bombay-high-court-quashes-termination-of-contract-of-its-indian-arm-23490245" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bombay High Court</a> has permitted a teenager, a victim of child marriage, to undergo medical termination of her 28-week pregnancy on the grounds of foetal abnormalities.</p>
<p>A division bench of Justices P D Naik and N R Borkar in its order of April 12 also noted that the girl was 'HIV seropositive'. A copy of the order was made available on Thursday.</p>
<p>The 17-year-old girl had filed a petition in HC seeking permission to get her pregnancy terminated saying scans had shown that the foetus had skeletal anomalies with the possibility of genetic abnormalities.</p>
<p>Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, a court nod is required to terminate a pregnancy beyond 24 weeks of gestation.</p>
<p>The high court relied on a report submitted by the medical board of the state-run Sassoon General Hospital in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-cloud-over-pune-land-deal-done-by-shinde-govt-23489890" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Pune</a> that recommended termination of the pregnancy as the girl is a minor and a victim of child marriage with 'HIV seropositive status'.</p>
<p>The board in its report said the foetus also has multiple defects.</p>
<p>The high court said it was allowing termination of pregnancy taking into account the mental and medical situation of the girl.</p>
<p>(With inputs from PTI)</p><p>
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