Marital Rape Is Not A Husband's Privilege But A Violent Act And An Injustice That Must Be Criminalized: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]
6 years, 11 months ago

Marital Rape Is Not A Husband's Privilege But A Violent Act And An Injustice That Must Be Criminalized: Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

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Gujarat High Court has recently observed that the total statutory abolition of the marital rape exemption is the first necessary step in teaching societies that dehumanized treatment of women will not be tolerated and that the marital rape is not a husband’s privilege, but rather a violent act and an injustice that must be criminalized.Justice Pardiwala observed:“A law that does not. Gujarat High Court has recently observed that the total statutory abolition of the marital rape exemption is the first necessary step in teaching societies that dehumanized treatment of women will not be tolerated and that the marital rape is not a husband’s privilege, but rather a violent act and an injustice that must be criminalized. The total statutory abolition of the marital rape exemption is the first necessary step in teaching societies that dehumanized treatment of women will not be tolerated and that the marital rape is not a husband’s privilege, but rather a violent act and an injustice that must be criminalized.” In the instant case, the court had to resolve a marital dispute involving a doctor couple. Such personal acts done by the husband as are not acceptable to the wife even in private and also not approved by society, should also fall under the scope of section 354; today, no woman or society would approve of perverted sexual acts as being a legitimate part of the spousal relation, the high court held.

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Marital rape can’t remain an exception to rape law
1 month, 1 week ago

Marital rape can’t remain an exception to rape law

Hindustan Times  

A tale from modern India: A man rapes his wife so brutally she dies. In October last year, the ministry of home affairs told the Supreme Court that husbands do not have a fundamental right to “violate the consent of their wives”—a fancy way of saying rape—but if Parliament removed the marital rape exception, then the institution of marriage will …

Husband jailed for raping wife freed because marital rape not a crime in India
1 month, 1 week ago

Husband jailed for raping wife freed because marital rape not a crime in India

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. However, the Chhattisgarh High Court has now overturned that …

DMK MP slams Chhattisgarh High Court ruling, demands India criminalise marital rape
1 month, 1 week ago

DMK MP slams Chhattisgarh High Court ruling, demands India criminalise marital rape

India Today  

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP K Kanimozhi strongly condemned the Chhattisgarh High Court’s ruling that acquitted a man convicted of raping and brutalising his wife, reigniting the debate on marital rape in India. However, the High Court overturned the conviction, arguing that the legal framework does not classify forced sexual acts within marriage as rape or unnatural offences. The court's judgment …

Unnatural Sex By Husband Without Wife's Consent Not An Offence, Says Chhattisgarh High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Unnatural Sex By Husband Without Wife's Consent Not An Offence, Says Chhattisgarh High Court

ABP News  

Sexual intercourse, including unnatural act by a man with his adult wife, even without her consent does not merit punishment, the Chhattisgarh High Court held in a recent judgment, acquitting a man from Jagdalpur who was convicted of rape and other charges after his wife died in hospital after unnatural sex. "If the age of wife is not below age …

Unnatural sex by man with wife without her consent not an offence: High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Unnatural sex by man with wife without her consent not an offence: High Court

India Today  

Sexual intercourse, including unnatural act, by a man with his adult wife, even without her consent, can not be treated as an offence, the Chhattisgarh High Court held while acquitting a Jagdalpur resident who was convicted of rape and other charges. The High Court, in its order, stated, "from perusal of sections 375, 376 and 377 of IPC it is …

Unnatural sex by husband not an offence, says Chhattisgarh High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Unnatural sex by husband not an offence, says Chhattisgarh High Court

The Hindu  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife is not a rape and therefore, if any unnatural sex as defined under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is committed by the husband with his wife, then it too cannot treated as an offence. The court was hearing an appeal …

Chhattisgarh HC rules husband cannot be prosecuted for ‘unnatural sex’; says ‘consent of wife loses importance’
1 month, 1 week ago

Chhattisgarh HC rules husband cannot be prosecuted for ‘unnatural sex’; says ‘consent of wife loses importance’

Live Mint  

The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a husband cannot be prosecuted for rape or unnatural sex for sexual intercourse, including unnatural acts, with his adult wife, even without her consent. Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, presiding over a single bench, stated that a wife's consent to sexual intercourse or unnatural acts is "insignificant" in such cases. "It is quite vivid, …

S. 377 IPC | 'Unnatural' Sex By Husband With Wife Without Her Consent Is Not An Offence: Chhattisgarh High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

S. 377 IPC | 'Unnatural' Sex By Husband With Wife Without Her Consent Is Not An Offence: Chhattisgarh High Court

Live Law  

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday held that a husband cannot be prosecuted for commission of the offence of rape under Section 376 or unnatural sex under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code for having any sexual intercourse, including every unnatural sex, with his major wife even without her consent. Holding 'consent' of wife in sexual intercourse/unnatural intercourse to …

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

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that a criminal case for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained against a woman with whom the husband had an extra-marital affair. Holding so, a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan quashed a criminal case against a woman who was named as an accused on the allegation …

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court
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3 months, 1 week ago

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court held that a criminal case for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained against a woman with whom the husband had an extra-marital affair. Holding so, a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan quashed a criminal case against a woman who was named as an accused on the allegation …

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint

India Today  

A rape case has been filed against a cricketer's relative in Gujarat's Rajkot following a complaint by his ex-fiance, who accused him of engaging in sexual relations with her during their engagement and later calling off the marriage. Senior police officer Jagdish Bangarwa confirmed the registration of an FIR for rape against Jeet Pabari but stated that an arrest cannot …

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

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

Supreme Court indicates hearing on marital rape pleas would commence on August 13
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court indicates hearing on marital rape pleas would commence on August 13

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday indicated that the hearing on petitions regarding the immunity of husbands from marital rape would commence on August 13. One petition before the Supreme Court is an appeal by a man, whose trial for raping his wife was approved by the Karnataka high court in a March 2022 ruling. The Union government then told the …

Husband Can't Be Held Guilty U/S 377 IPC For 'Unnatural Sex' With Wife: Uttarakhand High Court
8 months ago

Husband Can't Be Held Guilty U/S 377 IPC For 'Unnatural Sex' With Wife: Uttarakhand High Court

Live Law  

The Uttarakhand High Court has observed that if an act between the husband and wife is not punishable under Section 375 IPC due to operation of Exception 2 to it, a husband can't be held guilty under Section 377 IPC for 'unnatural sex' with the wife. Relying upon the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Navtej Singh Johar and …

For an Akshaya Tritiya without child marriages
10 months, 2 weeks 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
10 months, 2 weeks 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, …

‘Consent immaterial’: Madhya Pradesh HC says unnatural sex with wife not rape
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Consent immaterial’: Madhya Pradesh HC says unnatural sex with wife not rape

Hindustan Times  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that unnatural sex with wife cannot be termed as rape, despite it being non-consensual. The Madhya Pradesh HC quashed an FIR registered against a man by his wife accusing him of having unnatural sex, observing that marital rape is not an offence under the IPC. Madhya Pradesh high court A single bench of the …

‘Unnatural sex by a man with his wife is not rape, absence of consent irrelevant’: MP High Court
10 months, 2 weeks 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
10 months, 2 weeks 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
1 year, 2 months 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, 3 months 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 …

Marital rape ‘no crime’ if wife is 18 or above: Allahabad HC
1 year, 3 months 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 …

Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
1 year, 3 months 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 …

Legal Acumen | Parliamentary panel’s draft proposal to make adultery a crime contradicts landmark Supreme Court judgment
1 year, 4 months ago

Legal Acumen | Parliamentary panel’s draft proposal to make adultery a crime contradicts landmark Supreme Court judgment

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 28, 2023 14:40 IST - 5 MINS READ In what appears to be a retrograde move, the draft report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, examining the three Bills which are set to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Indian Evidence Act, has reportedly recommended the restoration of adultery as …

Not a crime if consenting married adults are in a live-in relationship: Delhi High Court
1 year, 5 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, 6 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 …

'Woman has right to say 'no' for sex to husband': Ex-SC Justice Deepak Gupta
1 year, 7 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, 7 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 …

Three-judge Bench to Hear Pleas Relating to Criminalisation of Marital Rape: SC
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 …

A female experience of the law as we know it
1 year, 8 months ago

A female experience of the law as we know it

Live Mint  

The title of this book by Aaliya Waziri, a writer and advocate working as a judicial law clerk at the Delhi high court, comes from an essay by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, a British-Australian writer whose fierce memoir of reclaiming her body after a violent rape is a seminal feminist text today. Her influence on Waziri is evident—her books, I Choose Elena …

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, 8 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
2 years 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
2 years 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. …

Length Of Relationship Considerable Factor In Rape Case Over False Promise To Marry: Karnataka High Court
2 years 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
2 years, 2 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
2 years, 2 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 …

Karnataka Govt Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape; Files Affidavit In Supreme Court Supporting High Court Judgment
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka Govt Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape; Files Affidavit In Supreme Court Supporting High Court Judgment

Live Law  

The Karnataka Government has supported the prosecution of a husband in a case for marital rape. The State has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court supporting a Karnataka High Court judgment which sustained the charges framed against a husband under Section 376 IPC for forcible sex with wife.In this connection, it is worthwhile to note that the Central Government …

Refusal to marry a married woman after consensual sex no ground for rape: Kerala HC
2 years, 3 months 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 …

Supreme Court's observation on marital rape in abortion ruling does not make it an offence, activists say
2 years, 5 months ago

Supreme Court's observation on marital rape in abortion ruling does not make it an offence, activists say

Firstpost  

In a significant ruling on the reproductive rights of women, the SC told on Thursday that all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion till 24 weeks of pregnancy under the MTP Act, and making any distinction on the basis of their marital status is “constitutionally unsustainable” New Delhi: Lawyers and activists on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s observation …

India’s top court declares abortion a fundamental right
2 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, married or unmarried, entitled to safe and legal abortion: SC
2 years, 5 months ago

All women, married or unmarried, entitled to safe and legal abortion: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that all women, including married, unmarried or those raped by husbands, are entitled to a safe and legal abortion within 24 weeks of their pregnancy as the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act recognises the reproductive autonomy of every pregnant woman to choose medical intervention to terminate her pregnancy. Chandrachud, A.S. Bopanna and …

All women have right to safe, legal abortion: India’s top court
2 years, 5 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, 6 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 …

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