The Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response on a petition challenging the marital rape exception under new criminal laws. A bench he...

While Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench, favoured striking down the marital rape exception, Justice C Hari Shankar said...

A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar had reserved its judgement on February 21 on the petitions seeking to strike down the...

A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and C Hari Shankar said it was not possible to adjourn an ongoing matter as there is no terminal date by...

NGO, Men Welfare Trust (MWT), which is opposing the batch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape, had argued that sexual inte...

Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who is heading the bench dealing with a batch of petitions challenging the legality of the marital rape exception i...

The court questioned as to why the exception from the offence of rape granted to a married couple had remained in the legislature for sever...

The fact that other countries, mostly Western, have criminalised marital rape does not necessarily mean India should also follow them blind...

Women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi said on Tuesday the Centre was considering criminalizing marital rape.

Replying to a question on whether there is an attempt to push for criminalisation of marital rape, Maneka Gandhi said, "Now there is".

The Law Commission, while making its 172nd report on 'Review of Rape Laws' in March 2000, did not recommend criminalisation of marital rape.

This is in contradiction to the government's stand that marriage in the country is a sacrament and hence the concept of marital rape cannot...

Two retired judges -- S N Dhingra and R S Sodhi -- of the Delhi High Court said it will trigger misuse of law by women to settle scores.

The Centre's stand against making marital rape a criminal offence saw legal bigwigs take a divided stand.

Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary has said there is no proposal to bring any amendment to the law for criminalizin...

The decision is significant as the three-member expert committee headed by JS Verma had recommended that marital rape be considered a crimi...

The new law has shied away from making marital rape an offence as long as the couple lived in the same house.