India, April 26 -- Taking serious note of the increasing child marriages in the state and the pregnancies of 86 minor girls in Solapur, the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has asked the state government to make it mandatory for wedding invitations to carry the birthdates of both groom and bride. The commission has also asked the administration to investigate the 86 recent cases of pregnancy to find out if there was any sexual abuse involved.

Earlier this month, a sobering fact came to light through an NGO: that the Solapur municipal corporation had registered the deliveries of 86 minors in government hospitals in 2025-26. It was also found that despite the laws in this regard, the state administration...