Madras High Court: <\/b>Voicing the parental concern related to the rights of parents over their children on marriage, the Court observed that even though the law as illustrated by Section 3 of Majority Act, 1875 states the majority and marriageable age for a girl to be 18, but it does not mean that a girl will acquire social and psychological maturity by that age. The Court further observed that the Hindu Law lays down the marriageable age for a male to be 21 and 18 for a girl is only illustrative, but whether such eligibilities can be equated with the mental maturity of a girl is still not clear.<\/p>\n
In the instant case the parties were in dispute related to petitioner\u2019s daughter who had been allegedly detained by the respondents and had also crossed the statutory age limit of 18 years. L. Madhusudhanan appearing on behalf of the petitioner argued that even though after attaining the statutory age the children are not able to decide their future course of action and sometimes resort to extreme steps especially when it comes to marriage. C.M. Rajendran, Additional Public Prosecutor represented the respondents.<\/p>\n