Marital Rape: Supreme Court to Begin Final Hearing After 3 Weeks
- The Supreme Court of India will begin final hearings in three weeks on petitions challenging the marital rape exception, examining a Karnataka case and the constitutional validity of the exception.
- The Court will consider whether prosecution is possible under current laws despite the exception and whether the marital rape exception violates equality before the law under Article 14.
- The Centre argued that criminalizing marital rape is the responsibility of the legislature, not the Supreme Court, and expressed concerns about its impact on marriage stability.
- The issue reached the Supreme Court following a split verdict by the Delhi High Court, with the Court directing that all parties be heard before making a decision.
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The Supreme Court has begun hearing a case on the constitutional validity of the marital rape exception. The court will first examine a case from Karnataka in which a husband is accused of sexually assaulting his wife.
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Marital rape: Supreme Court to begin final hearing after 3 weeks
The Supreme Court has scheduled a final hearing for a batch of petitions challenging the marital rape exception in Indian law. The court will examine the constitutional validity of the provision that grants immunity to husbands from prosecution for sexual acts with their wives, even under the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. This significant legal challenge follows split verdicts from High Courts and seeks to address whether such an …
Supreme Court examines marital rape, says marriage does not mean loss of individual autonomy
The Supreme Court has taken up a batch of cases challenging and seeking interpretation of the marital rape exception, with the court deciding to first hear an appeal arising from a Karnataka High Court judgment that allowed prosecution in a case where a wife was allegedly treated as a “sex slave”.
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