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SC refuses to defer marital rape hearing till Nov; govt to present stand tomorrowThe Supreme Court will soon review the Centre's position on the exceptions regarding marital rape. A bench will initially focus on the Unio...- Delhi HC asks police to decide on fresh plea for UGC regulations protest by Karni SenaThe Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Police to review a new protest application. This application seeks permission for a demonstratio...
- Will fix date in marital rape petitions after Centre's stand on issue: SCThe Supreme Court will await the Centre’s stand before fixing a hearing on petitions challenging India’s marital rape exception. The cases ...
- ‘Impotent’ man, ‘barren woman’ remarks sparked marital fight: Why Allahabad HC refused to treat the exchange as cruelty under Section 498AAllahabad HC says lackof children despite 3-year-long marriage sparked heated exchange of words like impotent, barren woman, but this does ...
- 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 seeks Centre's stand on plea against marital rape exception in new criminal lawThe Supreme Court has sought the Centre's response on a petition challenging the marital rape exception under new criminal laws. A bench he...
- Mehreen Pirzada lambasts media for calling rape sequence in 'Sultan of Delhi' a 'sex scene'The actress is disturbed that several media outlets reduced a brutal marital rape scene to mere titillation.
- SC to hear pleas on marital rape in mid-OctoberThe Supreme Court has announced that it will hear pleas regarding the issue of marital rape in mid-October. The pleas question whether a hu...
- 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...
- NGO opposes criminalisation of marital rape in SC, says it would destabilise institution of marriageThe petition filed by NGO Purush Aayog Trust through its president Barkha Trehan has sought the court's intervention in a batch of petition...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Rape is rape, even if committed by husband: Karnataka HC suggests changes in lawThe high court in its order on marital rape said that the age old thought and tradition that the husbands are the rulers of their wives, th...
- Delhi HC refuses to grant more time to Centre to state stand on pleas to criminalise marital rapeA 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...
- 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...
- Any act of rape punishable but marital relationship qualitatively different, says Delhi HCThe court questioned as to why the exception from the offence of rape granted to a married couple had remained in the legislature for sever...
- Marriage doesn't mean consent for sex: Delhi High on marital rapeA bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar said that in a relationship like marriage, both man and woman have a right t...
- Why some wives have pinned hopes on this Delhi High Court verdictMany other survivors of marital rape are now pinning their hopes of justice on the Delhi High Court, which is hearing a petition filed by t...
- Marital rape a crime: Centre wary of misuseThe fact that other countries, mostly Western, have criminalised marital rape does not necessarily mean India should also follow them blind...
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