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

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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Marital rape: SC to hear on Sep 16 pleas arising out of Delhi HC\'s split verdict

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear on September 16 the pleas arising out of the Delhi High Court's split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, who headed the division bench of the high court, had favoured striking down the marital rape exception and said it would be tragic if a …

Appeal Filed in SC Against Delhi HC's Split Verdict on Criminalisation of Marital Rape

An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape on a batch of petitions challenging the exception in the law that exempts husbands from being prosecuted for non-consensual sexual intercourse with their wives. While Justice Shakdher, who headed the division bench, favoured striking down the …

Marital rape: Appeal filed in SC against Delhi HC’s split verdict

NEW DELHI: An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s split verdict on a bunch of pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape. Khushboo Saifi moved the appeal through her counsel days after the high court last week gave the verdict while referring the matter to the Supreme Court for an authoritative decision. Both the …

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