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Marital rape hearing starts, top court questions impact of criminalisation
If we strike down the marital rape exception, those acts will fall within the category of offences. Will we be creating a new offence, the court asked
Marital rape: Will striking down immunity to husbands create new offence, asks Supreme Court
A three-judge bench presided by CJI D Y Chandrachud and comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra began hearing petitions challenging the exception clause of Section 375 of the IPC, now BNS, under which sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife,
Marital rape SC hearing: ‘Marrying victim does not absolve a rapist of his crime’, argues Karuna Nundy
Follow The Hindu’s live updates as CJI D.Y.Chandrachud will hear petitions related to marital rape exception in rape offences under criminal law.
Marital Rape case: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions that call for making marital rape a criminal offence. Presently, the Indian criminal law carves out an excepti
Supreme Court Questions Revoking Husbands' Immunity in Marital Rape Case
The Supreme Court examines whether removing immunity for husbands in marital rape cases would create a new offense, sparking a national debate on legal reform.
Marital rape: What are the legal issues in consideration before the Supreme Court?
As the Supreme Court begins hearing petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape, The Hindu decodes the legal contentions before it
Supreme Court Debates Marital Rape Law: People vs. Patriarchy
The Indian Supreme Court deliberates on the constitutional validity of Exception 2 under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which shields husbands from prosecution for marital rape. The case, framed as 'people versus patriarchy',
Will examine constitutional validity of marital rape exception: Supreme Court
Senior advocate Karuna Nandy, representing the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), cited the Supreme Court's ruling on the right to privacy, asserting that privacy cannot be used to justify abuse against women.
Marital Rape: Petitioner terms questions exception for husband, terms matter 'People versus Patriarchy'
AIDWA, in its plea had said that the exception allowed to marital rape is destructive and in opposition to the object of rape laws, which clearly ban sexual activity sans consent. It places the privacy of a marriage at a pedestal above the rights of the woman in the marriage, the plea said.
Marital rape: Supreme Court to decide on constitutional validity of laws granting immunity to husbands
Centre said in the fast-growing and ever-changing social and family structure, misuse of the amended provisions can also not be ruled out as it would be difficult and challenging for a person to prove
Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues
Criminalizing marital rape would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a ...
SC takes up pleas on marital rape
The Supreme Court, under Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, has taken up petitions regarding the legal status of marital rape.
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Is marital rape a crime or not? SC to hear petitions again today
Both the IPC (1860) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (2023) say sexual acts by a man against his wife do not constitute rape ...
UPSC Key: Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, Marital Rape and Direct Tax
Why concept of Akhand Bharat and tax structure in India is relevant to the UPSC Exam? What significance do topics like the Citizenship Act of 1955, migrant situation in Assam and Yahya Sinwar have for ...