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'Consent not important': High Court on unnatural sex between husband and wifeThe Chhattisgarh high court acquitted a man convicted of rape after ruling that sexual acts by a husband with his adult wife without her co...- Marital rape is rape, not another crimeThe existing law on rape in India lacks inclusivity, as it doesn't account for male or transgender victims and exempts marital rape. The Bh...
- Pleas against laws granting immunity to husbands from prosecution in marital rape mentioned in SCThe Supreme Court will consider hearing pleas on whether a husband should have immunity from prosecution for rape if he forces his adult wi...
- SC to hear pleas on marital rape next weekThe Supreme Court scheduled to hear pleas concerning the immunity of husbands from prosecution for raping their adult wives. The bench's bu...
- Sexual acts with wife, including oral or anal, not a rape, consent not needed: Madhya Pradesh HCThe Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that unnatural sex with a wife isn't rape under the IPC, regardless of consent. Justice G S Ahluwalia's...
- Man can't be charged in cases where wife is 18 years of age or more: HC on 'marital rape'Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, while acquitting a husband under section 377 of IPC for allegedly committing 'unnatural sex' with his w...
- SC to mull over if husbands enjoy immunity from prosecution in marital rape casesThe Supreme Court will examine whether a husband enjoys immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not...
- Karnataka HC orders CCTV monitoring of mortuaries to prevent sexual offence against dead bodiesThe court has also asked the Centre to amend the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or bring in new ones criminalizing and ...
- SC seeks response of Centre on pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rapeOne of pleas has been filed in relation to the Delhi High Court's split verdict on the issue. This appeal has been filed by Khushboo Saifi,...
- Delhi LG proposes MHA to regard non-consensual sex with wife aged 15-18 yrs to be treated as rapeAs per Delhi Police sources, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has recommended to the home ministry that non-consensual intercourse with a wife ...
- Appeal filed in SC against Delhi HC's split verdict on criminalisation of marital rapeHowever, both the judges --Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar--on the bench concurred with each other for granting a certifi...
- Delhi HC delivers split verdict on criminalisation of marital rapeWhile Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench, favoured striking down the marital rape exception, Justice C Hari Shankar said...
- High Court to pronounce on Wednesday verdict on pleas to criminalise marital rapeA bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar had reserved its judgement on February 21 on the petitions seeking to strike down the...
- Karnataka HC verdict on marital rape draws mixed reaction from petitioners fighting case in Delhi HCSection 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which defines the offence of rape, has the Exception-2 clause that says the non-consensual inte...
- Centre may clarify in HC if it wishes to withdraw stand opposing pleas to criminalise marital rapeNGO, Men Welfare Trust (MWT), which is opposing the batch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape, had argued that sexual inte...
- Clarify stand on marital rape criminalisation: Delhi HC tells CentreJustice Rajiv Shakdher, who is heading the bench dealing with a batch of petitions challenging the legality of the marital rape exception i...
- Irrespective of marital status, every woman has right to say no to non-consensual sex: HCThe high court said the rationale and the thrust is that a relationship cannot be put on different pedestal as a woman remains a woman. "Ju...
- Government draws SC fire for legitimising rapeThe SC found no material difference between the definition of rape under Section 375 of the IPC and penetrative sexual assault in terms of ...
- Court notice to Delhi government on plea on "inconsistency" in rape lawThe amendment in the rape law came to lime light in 2012 after gang rape case, husband filed a petition accused for committing unnatural se...
- HC refuses to admit PIL seeking marital rape be made criminal offenceThe petition stated that marital rape has been criminalised in almost all major common law jurisdictions throughout the world.
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