Under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, the term "contracting party", in relation to a…

Section 2(c) defines "contracting party" as "either of the parties whose marriage is or is about to be thereby solemnised". Parents and guardians are not contracting parties, and the term is not limited to the party who was a child, which is the narrower group given the right to annul under s. 3.