Delhi high court delivers split verdict on criminalisation of marital rape

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Marital Rape Verdict LIVE: Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code decriminalises marital rape and mandates that sexual intercourse by a man with his wife is not rape.

Updated on May 11, 2022 03:03 PM IST

ByHT News Desk, hindustantimes.com

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday is scheduled to pronounce judgement in on several petitions related to criminalisation of marital rape. The bench of justices Rajiv Shakdher and C. Hari Shankar had kept the order reserved in February this year.

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May 11, 2022 03:03 PM IST

Petitioner likely to move to SC: Report

Karuna Nundy, one of the lawyers fighting to criminalise marital rape, says will move the Supreme Court, reported NDTV.
May 11, 2022 02:51 PM IST

What law says on marital rape

The petitioners had challenged the constitutionality of the marital rape exception under Section 375 IPC (rape) on the ground that it discriminated against married women who are sexually assaulted by their husbands. Under the exception given in Section 375 of the IPC, sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being minor, is not rape.
May 11, 2022 02:46 PM IST

According to the order passed by Justice Rajiv Shakdher, husbands can be held criminally liable for sexual relations without the consent of the wife while Justice C Harishankar showed disagreement with this view.
May 11, 2022 02:44 PM IST

Exception 2 of Section 375 of the IPC

Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code decriminalises marital rape and mandates that sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 18 years of age, is not rape.
May 11, 2022 02:36 PM IST

Delhi HC grants liberty to petitioners to move to SC

Following the split verdict, the Delhi high court granted liberty to the petitioners to move the Supreme Court on this matter.
May 11, 2022 02:27 PM IST

Delhi high court delivers split verdict on criminalisation of marital rape

Delhi high court delivers split verdict on marital rape, while Justice J Rajiv Shakdher rules in favour of striking down IPC provision, Justice Hari Shankar say it doesn’t violate any law
May 11, 2022 02:25 PM IST

Delhi High Court verdict on marital rape today

The Delhi high court will deliver its verdict on Wednesday on a bunch of petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape.

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