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Govt opposes in SC pleas to criminalise marital rape, says 'it may...
The apex court is seized of petitions raising the vexed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence of...
On criminalising marital rape, Centre gets 2 weeks to state its stand
Marital rape: The Solicitor General submitted that the Centre is neither in favour nor against striking down the immunity granted to husbands under...
Delhi HC delivers split verdict on criminalisation of marital rape
While Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench, favoured striking down the marital rape exception, Justice C Hari Shankar said the...
Question of consent in relationships
As much as 44% of men and shockingly, 45% of women opine that men are justified in beating their wives on account of one of at least seven given...
'Desperately seeking Reforms' It is time to declare marital rape a...
“The judge is saying that even if the husband has sex with the wife without the latter’s consent, he cannot he considered her rapist since this would...
‘Married woman's forceful pregnancy can be considered marital rape’
The verdict of the apex court came on a petition filed by a 25-year-old single woman, whose plea for termination of her 24-week pregnancy was denied...
Is marital rape a crime? SC to hear petitions on May 9
On May 11 last year, a high court bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C. Hari Shankar expressed different opinions in the judgment on the...
