Marital Rape is Not a Crime in 32 Countries. One of Them is India
3 years, 4 months ago

Marital Rape is Not a Crime in 32 Countries. One of Them is India

News 18  

Sexual intercourse between a husband and wife, even if without the wife’s consent is not rape, the Chhattisgarh High Court observed on Thursday, acquitting a man of marital rape. According to the World Health Organisation, Sexual violence is defined as: “any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.” However, marital rape is not recognised in many countries. These include: Pakistan Bangladesh China Haiti Laos Mali Myanmar Senegal Tajikistan Afghanistan Botswana Democratic Republic of Congo Iran Lebanon Malaysia Nigeria Singapore Uganda Algeria Brunei Darussalam Egypt Cote dIvoire Libya Mongolia Oman South Sudan Yemen Bahrain Central African Republic Ethiopia Kuwait Constitution and Marital Rape Lawyers and experts argue that the exception created by Section 375 is violative of the fundamental rights of equality, dignity and privacy of women. A report in the Leaflet argues that Section 375 violates the rights of the married women, who are victims of rape, to be treated equally with their husbands and with other victims of the same offence, and that the exception that excludes married women from getting protection under the section, is not based on intelligible differentia as it solely relies on the basis of her marital status.

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Sexual intercourse with dead person not rape: Chhattisgarh High Court
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Sexual intercourse with dead person not rape: Chhattisgarh High Court

Live Mint  

Chhattisgarh High Court recently ruled that sexual intercourse with a dead person does not constitute rape under Indian law. A division bench comprising Chief Justice of the high court Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Dutta Guru delivered this landmark ruling. The High Court bench observed that section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual …

Misconceived Consent Obtained On False Promise Of Marriage Constitutes Rape Under IPC: J&K High Court
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Misconceived Consent Obtained On False Promise Of Marriage Constitutes Rape Under IPC: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated the legal principle that a promise to marry made with no intention of fulfillment, which induces consent for sexual intercourse, amounts to consent obtained under a misconception of fact. Dismissing a plea by one accused Sat Paul, seeking quashing of the FIR filed against him for alleged offences under Sections …

Consensual sex with minor wife is also rape: Bombay high court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Consensual sex with minor wife is also rape: Bombay high court

Hindustan Times  

A man's consensual sexual intercourse with his wife, if she is below the age of 18 years, can get him booked for the offence of rape, irrespective of the wife's consent, the Bombay high court said in a major ruling on November 12. Stating that the age of consent is above 18, HC said, "It needs to be stated that …

Even Consensual Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape: Bombay High Court
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Even Consensual Sex With Minor Wife Is Rape: Bombay High Court

Live Law  

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur recently held that a man even if indulging in consensual sexual intercourse with his wife, who is below the age of 18 years, can be booked for the offence of rape, irrespective of the wife's consent. Single-judge Justice Govind Sanap while upholding the conviction of a man for raping …

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Marital Rape Law: Examining Exception 2s to IPC and BNS
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Marital Rape Law: Examining Exception 2s to IPC and BNS

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court will continue hearing on Wednesday a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Exception 2 of Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. These provisions grant legal immunity to Indian husbands by stipulating that “sexual intercourse or acts by a man …

Indian government argues against classifying non-consensual sexual acts by husband as marital rape
3 months ago

Indian government argues against classifying non-consensual sexual acts by husband as marital rape

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indian government has opposed …

SC to decide on marital rape law despite Centre’s silence
3 months, 3 weeks ago

SC to decide on marital rape law despite Centre’s silence

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that it will decide the legality of the immunity granted to husbands from prosecution for marital rape solely on legal principles, even if the Union government does not take a stand on the issue. The issue also includes the Delhi high court’s split verdict from May 2022, which remains pending for the …

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’

Hindustan Times  

When a young woman was gang-raped and left to die on the streets of New Delhi in 2012, a shocked and enraged India vowed that her death would not be in vain, that she would be avenged by not letting this happen to “anyone else”. Protests condemning the RG Kar case continue with doctors taking to the streets to demand …

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

‘We will fight for you, Kolkata sister’

Hindustan Times  

When a young woman was gang-raped and left to die on the streets of New Delhi in 2012, a shocked and enraged India vowed that her death would not be in vain, that she would be avenged by not letting this happen to “anyone else”. Protests condemning the RG Kar case continue with doctors taking to the streets to demand …

'Consensual Relationship without Misconception of Fact': Kerala HC Quashes Rape Case Filed after 13 Years
5 months, 3 weeks ago

'Consensual Relationship without Misconception of Fact': Kerala HC Quashes Rape Case Filed after 13 Years

News 18  

The Kerala High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against a man accused of rape, in a case filed after 13 years of the alleged incident, concluding that the sexual intercourse was consensual and not based on any misconception of fact. The court observed that no formal complaint was filed until 2017, with the first alleged incident occurring 13 years …

For an Akshaya Tritiya without child marriages
8 months ago

For an Akshaya Tritiya without child marriages

New Indian Express  

In early April 2024, the world woke up to the disturbing news of a 62-year-old high priest in Ghana marrying a 12-year-old girl at an event attended by many community members. Closer home, while one in four girls in India are married below the legal age, in 257 high-prevalence districts of the country the incidence of child marriage is more …

India marital rape: Woman accuses husband of ‘unnatural sex’ but judge says it is not a crime in marriage
8 months ago

India marital rape: Woman accuses husband of ‘unnatural sex’ but judge says it is not a crime in marriage

CNN  

CNN — An Indian judge has dismissed a woman’s complaint that her husband committed “unnatural sex,” because under Indian law it’s not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts. According to the Madhya Pradesh High Court order, the woman told police her husband came to her house in 2019, soon after they were married, …

‘Unnatural sex by a man with his wife is not rape, absence of consent irrelevant’: MP High Court
8 months ago

‘Unnatural sex by a man with his wife is not rape, absence of consent irrelevant’: MP High Court

Op India  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that despite ‘Marital rape’ not being recognized as an offence in India, any sexual intercourse, including unnatural sex by a husband with his wife, does not constitute rape, as the wife’s consent is deemed irrelevant in such instances. “…insertion of penis in the anus of a woman has also been included in the definition …

Unnatural Sex By A Man With Wife Not Rape, Absence Of Woman's Consent Immaterial: MP High Court
8 months ago

Unnatural Sex By A Man With Wife Not Rape, Absence Of Woman's Consent Immaterial: MP High Court

Live Law  

Noting that 'Marital rape' has not been recognised as an offence in India, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that any sexual intercourse, including unnatural sex by a man with a wife, won't amount to rape as the consent of the wife becomes immaterial in such cases. However, as per Exception 2 to Section 375 IPC, sexual intercourse between …

Man jailed for marital rape in landmark verdict in Pakistan
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Man jailed for marital rape in landmark verdict in Pakistan

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man in Pakistan was sentenced to three years in prison for …

'Rape is rape even if committed by a husband against wife': Gujarat HC
1 year ago

'Rape is rape even if committed by a husband against wife': Gujarat HC

Op India  

Amid a series of pleas arguing for the criminalisation of marital rape pending before the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court in its recent order observed that rape is rape even if it is committed by a husband against his wife. In its 8th December order, a single-judge bench of Justice Divyesh Joshi highlighted that marital rape is illegal in …

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper
1 year ago

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper

Live Mint  

Crimes against women in India rose by 4% in 2022 from the previous year, a majority of the cases being cruelty by the husband or his relatives. Delhi is still rated as the country’s most unsafe city for women, with an average of three reported rape cases per day, accounting for 29% of crimes committed against women in 19 major …

11 Yrs of Nirbhaya Horror: How Delhi Continues to be Most Unsafe City for Women in India - News18
1 year ago

11 Yrs of Nirbhaya Horror: How Delhi Continues to be Most Unsafe City for Women in India - News18

News 18  

In 2012, on the cold and dark night of December 16, the news of the gang rape of a young woman in a moving bus in the national capital shook the nation. Between 2017 and 2022, the rape cases reported in Delhi stood below 1,300, with 2020 being an exception when less than 1,000 cases were reported. The conviction rate …

Marital rape ‘no crime’ if wife is 18 or above: Allahabad HC
1 year ago

Marital rape ‘no crime’ if wife is 18 or above: Allahabad HC

Hindustan Times  

While acquitting a man of the charges under section 377 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly committing an “unnatural offence” against his wife, the Allahabad high court has observed that protection of a person from marital rape continues in cases where his wife is of 18 years of age or more. While partly allowing a revision petition filed by …

Crimes against women: Conviction rate in U.P. ‘180 times higher’ than national average
1 year, 1 month ago

Crimes against women: Conviction rate in U.P. ‘180 times higher’ than national average

Hindustan Times  

For the fourth consecutive year, Uttar Pradesh has achieved the highest conviction rate in cases of violence against women, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data released for 2022, senior police officials said on Tuesday. UP Police special director general -Law and Order Prashant Kumar said, “The conviction rate in the state in crimes against women cases was …

Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
1 year, 1 month ago

Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. “Until he gets punished, he will never know or realize what he has done wrong.” A lawyer’s fight In 2017, in an open letter published by Vogue, lawyer Karuna Nundy urged women across the country to “know your power.” “Your right to say yes comes with the right to …

Not a crime if consenting married adults are in a live-in relationship: Delhi High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Not a crime if consenting married adults are in a live-in relationship: Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

September 23, 2023 11:24 am | Updated 11:24 am IST - NEW DELHI : The Delhi High Court has recently held that a live-in relationship between two consenting adults, married to different partners, may be considered undesirable by a section of society but it is not a criminal offence. Similarly, immorality cannot be punished by law unless provided by a …

CJI says petitions to criminalise marital rape to be listed in mid-October
1 year, 3 months ago

CJI says petitions to criminalise marital rape to be listed in mid-October

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. “We will list it sometime in mid-October after the Constitution Bench hearings,” Chief Justice Chandrachud addressed senior advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Karuna Nundy, who jointly mentioned the case for urgent listing. “A man is a man; an act is an act; rape is a rape, be it performed by a man the ‘husband’ on …

How are ‘false promise to marry’ cases treated in the new criminal law Bill? | Explained
1 year, 4 months ago

How are ‘false promise to marry’ cases treated in the new criminal law Bill? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: If a man promises to marry a woman but never intends to, and still has ‘consensual’ sex with her, it will amount to a criminal offence under Section 69 of the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. Chapter 5 of the Bill, titled “Offences against woman and children” describes ‘sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.’, as …

'Woman has right to say 'no' for sex to husband': Ex-SC Justice Deepak Gupta
1 year, 4 months ago

'Woman has right to say 'no' for sex to husband': Ex-SC Justice Deepak Gupta

Firstpost  

As per Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, rape includes all forms of sexual assault involving non-consensual intercourse with a woman “Women have the right to say ’no’ to sex with their husbands,” said former Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta as he shared his views on marital rape in the backdrop of Right to Privacy. Spelling out his …

Physical Relationship With Wife Aged About 15 Years Can’t Be Termed As Rape: Delhi High Court Upholds Muslim Man’s Acquittal
1 year, 4 months ago

Physical Relationship With Wife Aged About 15 Years Can’t Be Termed As Rape: Delhi High Court Upholds Muslim Man’s Acquittal

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has upheld the acquittal of a Muslim man in a rape case observing that his physical relationship with the child victim aged about 15 years, who was also his wife, cannot be termed as rape. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld the trial court order which observed that …

“Rape Law Misused As A Weapon By Females Upon Differences With Male Counterpart”: Uttarakhand High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

“Rape Law Misused As A Weapon By Females Upon Differences With Male Counterpart”: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently quashed pending criminal proceedings against a man for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a lady for decades on the false promise of marriage. While disapproving the continuance of such case, the Single Bench of Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma observed, “In fact, the offence under Section 376 of the IPC as of now in this …

Three-judge Bench to Hear Pleas Relating to Criminalisation of Marital Rape: SC
1 year, 5 months ago

Three-judge Bench to Hear Pleas Relating to Criminalisation of Marital Rape: SC

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a three-judge bench will hear a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape after constitution benches conclude hearing some listed pleas. “We have to resolve the matters concerning marital rape,” a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra said when senior advocate Indira …

Three-judge bench to hear pleas relating to criminalisation of marital rape: SC
1 year, 5 months ago

Three-judge bench to hear pleas relating to criminalisation of marital rape: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a three-judge bench will hear a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape after constitution benches conclude hearing some listed pleas. "We have to resolve the matters concerning marital rape," a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra said when senior …

Consensual sex not rape if promise of marriage is broken: Orissa High Court
1 year, 6 months ago

Consensual sex not rape if promise of marriage is broken: Orissa High Court

India TV News  

Orissa High Court on Friday asserted that a consensual physical relationship cannot be considered rape if the promise of marriage could not be materialised for some reasons. “In the former case, for any such sexual intimacy, an offence under Section 376 IPC is not made out, whereas, in the latter, it is, since the same is based on the premise …

S. 375 IPC| '2013 Amendment Increasing Consent Age To 18 Years Has Disturbed Society's Fabric': MP HC Asks UOI To Consider Lowering It Back To 16
1 year, 6 months ago

S. 375 IPC| '2013 Amendment Increasing Consent Age To 18 Years Has Disturbed Society's Fabric': MP HC Asks UOI To Consider Lowering It Back To 16

Live Law  

On Tuesday, the Madhya Pradesh High Court requested the Government of India to consider reducing the age of consent from 18 to 16 in rape cases to redress the injustice being caused to adolescent boys.The bench of Justice Deepak Kumar Agarwal made this appeal to the Central Govt as it opined that due to social media awareness and easy accessibility. …

Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape on May 9
1 year, 9 months ago

Supreme Court to hear pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape on May 9

Hindustan Times  

The Union government on Wednesday sought a week to clarify its stand on making marital rape a criminal offence even as the Supreme Court fixed May 9 as the date to commence extensive arguments on a clutch of petitions demanding a change in the legal regime. Senior counsel Siddharth Dave and advocate Jaikriti Jadeja will also appear in the matter …

Marital Rape | Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking To Criminalize Marital Rape On May 9, 2023
1 year, 9 months ago

Marital Rape | Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking To Criminalize Marital Rape On May 9, 2023

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday listed the pleas concerning the constitutional validity of the Marital Rape exception on May 9, 2023. The batch of petitions, which was listed before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha and Justice JB Pardiwala for 21st March 2023, could not be heard then owing to Justice Pardiwala's absence.Accordingly, the matter was. …

Sexual Assault Victims Entitled To Fair Trial, But Justice System's Responsibility Of Protecting Rights Of Accused Can’t Be Ignored: Delhi High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Sexual Assault Victims Entitled To Fair Trial, But Justice System's Responsibility Of Protecting Rights Of Accused Can’t Be Ignored: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday said that while the complainants in sexual assault cases are entitled to fair trial, the responsibility of criminal justice system towards protecting the rights of the accused persons cannot be ignored. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that in cases of rape and sexual violence, “conceptualization of definition of sexual consent” is of utmost importance …

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 9 months ago

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed charges of rape levelled against an accused who was booked on the complaint made by the victim, after the accused refused to marry her on being in a relationship with her for over five years. Therefore, for five long years, it cannot be said that the consent of a woman has been taken for …

NGO opposes criminalisation of marital rape in SC, says it would destabilise institution of marriage
1 year, 11 months ago

NGO opposes criminalisation of marital rape in SC, says it would destabilise institution of marriage

India Today  

An NGO has moved the Supreme Court opposing the criminalisation of marital rape, saying it would destabilise the institution of marriage. The petition filed by NGO Purush Aayog Trust through its president Barkha Trehan has sought the court's intervention in a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape and the Indian Penal Code provision that provides protection to …

SC seeks Centre's response on pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape
1 year, 11 months ago

SC seeks Centre's response on pleas seeking criminalisation of marital rape

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape. One 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, one of the petitioners before the Delhi High Court. While Justice Shakdher, who …

Supreme Court Lists Matters Concerning Validity Of The Marital Rape Exception In Second Week On January 2023
2 years ago

Supreme Court Lists Matters Concerning Validity Of The Marital Rape Exception In Second Week On January 2023

Live Law  

The Supreme Court of India has listed matters concerning the validity of the marital rape exception in the second week on January 2023. The issue was mentioned before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha by Senior Advocate CU Singh who stated that the matters needed to be listed urgently. Senior Advocate CU Singh stated– "One …

Indonesia criminalises adultery: Which other nations have outlawed extramarital affairs?
2 years, 1 month ago

Indonesia criminalises adultery: Which other nations have outlawed extramarital affairs?

Firstpost  

Indonesia has also criminalised sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as foreigners, and prohibited the promotion of contraception. Police can now file charges against citizens for adultery based on reports by family members Indonesia has criminalised sex outside marriage with the Parliament unanimously passing the long-awaited amendments to the country’s penal code. The revised criminal code makes sex …

Four women 'rape' a man in Jalandhar: Gender-neutral laws are crying need of hour
2 years, 1 month ago

Four women 'rape' a man in Jalandhar: Gender-neutral laws are crying need of hour

Firstpost  

While India’s rape laws have undergone changes over the past few decades – they still continue to regressively espouse patriarchal structures. The need is for gender-neutral rape laws that stand for equality and dignity of men, transgender and homosexual persons to be protected, alongside women Minutes after I got off a show on a leading English news channel about intimate …

Refusal to marry a married woman after consensual sex no ground for rape: Kerala HC
2 years, 1 month ago

Refusal to marry a married woman after consensual sex no ground for rape: Kerala HC

India Today  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday said that refusal to marry an already married woman after engaging in a physical relationship cannot be treated as rape. READ | Patriarchal, sexist: Supreme Court comes down heavily on 2-finger rape test "It is settled that, if a man retracts his promise to marry a woman, consensual sex they had would not constitute …

HC says Law Commission needs to rethink age criteria for consensual sex
2 years, 2 months ago

HC says Law Commission needs to rethink age criteria for consensual sex

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka has said that the Law Commission of India will have to rethink the age criteria in law for having consensual sex to address the issue of instances of sexual intercourse as a result of mutual love affair amongst minor girls and boys, who are aged above 16 but are below 18. A Division Bench, comprising …

Why sex is a tabooed word in India: In search of women who can qualify as ‘Adarsh Bharatiya Nari’
2 years, 2 months ago

Why sex is a tabooed word in India: In search of women who can qualify as ‘Adarsh Bharatiya Nari’

Firstpost  

Is sex, ever meant to be a pleasure-receiving act for my sex – where I am more than a mute giver – an object of male lust and fantasy and a hedonistic competitive chase, that is almost always, strictly on their terms and turf One of the most heart-breaking interviews I conducted, while researching for my ambitious work of non-fiction, …

Supreme Court's Verdict On MTP Act Might Pave Way For Criminalization Of Marital Rape In India
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court's Verdict On MTP Act Might Pave Way For Criminalization Of Marital Rape In India

Live Law  

India is one of the few countries in the world that is yet to criminalise martial rape. Supreme Court's ruling on MTP Act and Marital Rape inclusion On September 29, a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud in X vs Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt of NCT Of Delhi, significantly held that the meaning of rape must …

India’s top court declares abortion a fundamental right
2 years, 3 months ago

India’s top court declares abortion a fundamental right

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The court added that the object of the law …

Sexual assault of wife can take form of rape: Supreme Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Sexual assault of wife can take form of rape: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Sexual assault by a man of his wife can take the form of rape, the Supreme Court said in a significant judicial recognition of ‘marital rape’ on September 29. But the court also dealt with how married women, like single women, were exposed to sexual assault within the family and suffer forced pregnancies. Justice Chandrachud, who authored the judgment, said …

How Politicians Dodged the Issue of Marital Rape for Years, but Ball Now in Supreme Court for 2023
2 years, 3 months ago

How Politicians Dodged the Issue of Marital Rape for Years, but Ball Now in Supreme Court for 2023

News 18  

“If the marital rape is brought under the law, the entire family system will be under great stress…,” said a Parliamentary standing committee comprising politicians from all hues, nine years ago. Nine years since, a split verdict in the Delhi High Court recently on the issue and amidst a wait for the Supreme Court to hear an appeal next year, …

All women have right to safe, legal abortion: India’s top court
2 years, 3 months ago

All women have right to safe, legal abortion: India’s top court

Al Jazeera  

Supreme Court says a woman’s lack of marital status cannot deny her the choice to abort a pregnancy at any time up to 24 weeks. India’s Supreme Court has ruled that a woman’s lack of marital status cannot deny her the choice to abort a pregnancy at any time up to 24 weeks, a decision hailed by women’s rights activists. …

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response - The Hindu
2 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday, September 16, 2022, sought a response from the government on appeals to criminalise marital rape. During the brief hearing, All India Democratic Women's Association, represented by advocate Karuna Nundy, said both judges in the Bench in the Delhi High Court had agreed that the case raised a substantial question of law which required an authoritative …

Breaking: MARITAL RAPE- Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Delhi HC's Split Verdict, Agrees To Hear In Feb 2023
2 years, 3 months ago

Breaking: MARITAL RAPE- Supreme Court Issues Notice On Pleas Challenging Delhi HC's Split Verdict, Agrees To Hear In Feb 2023

Live Law  

Supreme Court bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice B. V. Nagarathna today issued notice on a batch of petitions filed assailing the split verdict of the Delhi High Court on the issue of Marital Rape. Counsel appearing for All India Democratic Women's Association, Advocate Karuna Nundy submitted that "the substantial question of law in the opinion of the two …

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