You want me to bring the constitution to prove that it was 14.
Oh please do so.
Which constitution have you been reading? Do you realise that constitution and the coded laws IPC etc aren't the same thing?
The age of consent was 18 and government proposed to
lower it to 16. Those who are opposing are doing so as it's STILL illegal to marry below 18 ( 21 for guys) so encouraging *** below that age when they cannot marry even if they want, is rather stupid.
Marriage may not be essential for *** but those who do not want it out of wedlock or at least do not want kids outside it should then also be allowed to marry if they wish.
They are somehow expecting 16 year olds to be smarter than 18 year olds in this regard and at the same time they(16 year olds) have less legal options than the adults to deal with the consequences.
not surprised with the ammount of rapes in india, it's about time.
Amount? Seeing the population and percentage of crime we are yet to beat USA. so do not lose sleep on our account.