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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea by an NGO against any reduction in the age of consent. The NGO argues that this reduction would jeopardize the interests of child victims of sexual abuse. The plea is tagged with a pending petition filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which challenged a previous order allowing a minor Muslim girl to marry a person of her choice.