Infographic: Legal marriage age for Indian men high, but China's is higher - Times of India

Asking the Supreme Court to lower the age of marriage for men, which stands now at 21 years, to 18 years (which is what it is for women) proved costly for a lawyer, who was fined 25,000 for filing a frivolous public interest litigation.

Legal marriage age for Indian men high, but China's is higher. Asking the Supreme Court to lower the age of marriage for men, which stands now at 21 years, to 18 years (which is what it is for women) proved costly for a lawyer, who was fined 25,000 for filing a frivolous public interest litigation. While the court ruled there was no merit in his plea, the debate over the legal age for marrying is an old one with different countries mandating different ages. Developed nations tend to maintain the same age for men and women. In fact, some countries have different legal ages for marriage depending on parental consent. For example in the US, the marriageable age without parental consent is 18. But if the parents are consenting, underage marriages are allowed. On the other hand, Countries like Japan, Brazil, Russia and the UK have separate legal ages for marriage with and without parental consent. Iran doesn’t have a legal age for marriage for girls but it does have for boys The rule in India, which has among the world’s highest marriage ages for men, doesn’t look like changing any time soon, but here’s how it is in other countries.

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