Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues
Criminalizing marital rape would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a ...
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SC Explores Criminalization of Marital Rape: 'If a Wife Says No, Is Divorce the Only Option for Her Husband?'
Supreme Court debates the criminalization of marital rape, questioning the legal protections that allow husbands to force sex ...
Supreme Court Questions Revoking Husbands' Immunity in Marital Rape Case
The Supreme Court examines whether removing immunity for husbands in marital rape cases would create a new offense, sparking ...
Marital Rape: Petitioner terms questions exception for husband, terms matter 'People versus Patriarchy'
AIDWA, in its plea had said that the exception allowed to marital rape is destructive and in opposition to the object of rape laws, which clearly ban sexual activity sans consent. It places the ...
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Supreme Court Debates Marital Rape Law: People vs. Patriarchy
The Indian Supreme Court deliberates on the constitutional validity of Exception 2 under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code ...
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Supreme Court to Decide on Marital Rape Legality
The Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of certain IPC provisions that protect husbands from prosecution for marital rape ...
Marital rape hearing starts, top court questions impact of criminalisation
If we strike down the marital rape exception, those acts will fall within the category of offences. Will we be creating a new ...
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Will examine constitutional validity of marital rape exception: Supreme Court
Senior advocate Karuna Nandy, representing the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), cited the Supreme Court's ...