Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today expressed concern over a recent Delhi High Court judgement allowing Muslim girls attaining puberty the right to get married.

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"This is nothing but promoting 'balika vadhus' among the Muslims, while the same (child marriage) is illegal among the Hindus," Thackeray said in an editorial in the party's newspaper.

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Elaborating, Thackeray said that as per the Indian laws, no girl below the age of 18 and no boy below 21 are legally permitted to marry.

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