Marital Rape

The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed May 9 for a detailed hearing on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape. Senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. She told the bench that the order of arguments and common compilation in the case is ready. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the Centre's reply is ready and has to be vetted. "List this on May 9, 2023," the bench said. The top court on January 16 had sought a response of the Centre on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape. One of the 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. The Delhi High Court on May 11 last year had delivered a split verdict on the issue.

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

Justice Shakdher asserted that the fact that the rapist is the husband of the victim does not make the act of sexual assault any less injurious

Exception 2 of IPC Section 375 says that a rape charge cannot be filed against a man who has non-consensual sex with his wife

Equating sexual assault by a husband on his wife with rape, the Karnataka high court (HC) has refused to quash proceedings against a man accused of alleged rape by his wife.

The Delhi HC refused to grant further time to the Centre to make its stand clear on the issue of criminalising marital rape and reserved judgement on various pleas in the matter.

The Centre is likely to inform the Delhi HC whether it wishes to withdraw its earlier affidavit in which it had submitted that marital rape cannot be made a criminal offence

Observing the difference between married and unmarried relationships, the Delhi High Court said on Monday that marriage gives a legal right to expect reasonable sexual relations from the partner.

The Delhi government's counsel stated before the court hearing a batch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape

The Centre has submitted before the Delhi high court that 'what may appear as marital rape to an individual wife, it may not appear so to others'

The woman is quoted to have said that the judgement on the marital rape case has 'opened a way' for Muslims to be prosecuted as per the law

The apex court has removed an exception in the earlier rape law which was arbitrary and violative of the Constitution

In Marital rape, the spouse indulges in sexual intercourse without the consent of the other

This was a poser to the authorities by the Delhi High Court which said this was a 'serious issue'

Indian Penal Code provision that says sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not under 15 years of age, is not rape

Maneka Gandhi said Ministry of Home has requested the Law Commission to deliberate upon the subject of marital rape during the course of its comprehensive review of Criminal Justice System

Pam Rajput panel states that no one has the right to abuse the body and dignity of a woman despite marriage, The Indian Express reports

Gandhi said there is an attempt by the government to move forward on the issue