Judgment passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court declaring that the object of Hindu Marriage Act is, “to prevent and eradicate the evil of child marriage... a marriage between bride and bridegroom, if their ages do not satisfy the requirements…

A legal dispute carried out in the Supreme Court on which judgement was passed by the bench comprising Raghubar Dayal, N. Rajagopala Ayyangar and J.R. Mudholkar on 18/03/1964.

The appellant is a resident of Bombay while the father of respondent…