Criminalizing marital rape would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a ...

Activists have long campaigned for marital rape to be criminalised, but the government says doing so would be 'excessively ...

As the Supreme Court begins hearing petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape, The Hindu decodes the legal ...

If we strike down the marital rape exception, those acts will fall within the category of offences. Will we be creating a new ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday raised a question on whether striking down immunity given to husbands in the marital rape cases ...

The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging an existing legal exception that allows husbands to avoid prosecution for sexual acts with their wives unless she is a minor. Petitioners argue this ...

Both the IPC (1860) and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (2023) say sexual acts by a man against his wife do not constitute rape ...

The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions that call for making marital rape a criminal offence. Presently, the Indian ...

The Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of certain IPC provisions that protect husbands from prosecution for marital rape ...

Senior advocate Karuna Nundy, appearing for one of the petitioners, opened the arguments and referred to the provisions of ...

The Central government had submitted in its affidavit that there was no necessity to criminalise marital rape as suitably ...

India's legal framework regarding marital rape is dictated by the Indian Penal Code (IPC) of 1860, which operates under the ...