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Can husband face jail for marital rape? Supreme Court to examine lawMarital Rape Laws in India: The Supreme Court is examining whether the marital rape exception under the IPC and BNS is constitutionally val...- Marital rape: Supreme Court to examine prosecution of husbandsThe Supreme Court is gearing up to review petitions that contest the marital rape exception, reiterating that marriage does not negate a wo...
- Marital rape exception under constitutional scrutiny: Supreme Court to examine provisions in IPC, BNSThe Supreme Court has on Wednesday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the marital rape exception under Section 375 of the Ind...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Marital rape criminalisation may severely impact institution of marriages in India: GovtThe Centre's affidavit to the court argues that criminalizing marital rape could disrupt conjugal relationships and pose challenges in prov...
- SC to hear pleas against laws granting immunity to husbands in marital rape casesThe Supreme Court will hear pleas on Tuesday regarding whether a husband should be immune from prosecution for raping his adult wife. The c...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 'Family system will be under great stress if marital rape is criminalised'The Law Commission, while making its 172nd report on 'Review of Rape Laws' in March 2000, did not recommend criminalisation of marital rape.
- Concept of marital rape can’t be applied: Home MinistryGovernment has concluded that concept of marital rape cannot be applied since marriage is treated as sacrament, or sacred, according to min...
- Home Ministry refuses to consider marital rape as criminalMinister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary has said there is no proposal to bring any amendment to the law for criminalizin...
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