When a wealthy and powerful nobleman asks the hand of his neighbour’s youngest daughter, it terrifies her family. While he boasts of a luxurious palace and riches, there is a hitch – all his previous wives have mysteriously disappeared. Yet the girl gets married to him against her will. One[Read More…]
Tag: Marital Rape
Delhi High Court to hear NGO’s plea opposing marital rape today
On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court will hear a plea, filed by an NGO, opposing several petitions to make marital rape a criminal offence. The NGO represents the men, victimised by the alleged misuse of gender laws, and has filed the petition in the court. On 28 August, a court[Read More…]
Other countries have criminalised marital rape doesn’t mean India should also follow: Centre
The government has told the Delhi High Court that criminalizing marital rape may disrupt the institution of marriage and will also become an easy means to harass husbands. It also pointed out that there can be no lasting evidence in case of sexual acts between a man and his wife.[Read More…]
Marital rape law: Govt defends no action for forced sex with minor wife
The Supreme Court decided to examine the issue of not penalising a man for forcibly having sex with minor wife, the Centre defended in the Supreme Court a provision in the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that does not penalise a man for forcibly having sex with his wife aged between[Read More…]