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

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

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 ...

Follow The Hindu’s live updates as CJI D.Y.Chandrachud will hear petitions related to marital rape exception in rape offences ...

The Supreme Court of India will review the constitutionality of legal provisions that grant immunity to husbands from ...

Supreme Court debates the criminalization of marital rape, questioning the legal protections that allow husbands to force sex ...

The bench wondered if it struck down the immunity clause in the penal codes then the offence will be covered under the main ...

The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutional validity of laws exempting husbands from marital rape charges. The court ...

The Supreme Court today (October 17) commenced the hearing of a batch of petitions seeking the criminalization of marital ...

The Supreme Court, under Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, has taken up petitions regarding the legal status of marital rape.

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