Supreme Court stayed the judgement of the Karnataka High Court which had allowed the trial of the man in a rape case lodged by his spouse.
The recent split verdict from a division bench of the Delhi high court has once again brought to light an age-old debate in India with regard to the role of...
'Daman' by filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, was probably the first Hindi film to be made on the subject of marital rape. Actress Raveena Tandon speaks to Outlook about...
In January this year when a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court started hearing a petition demanding the criminalisation of marital rape, several men in...
“What makes the continuance of MRE on the statute egregiously problematic is, while it emasculates the woman's right to trigger prosecution against her...
Since early this year, the Delhi High Court has been hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),...
The Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape and granted leave to the parties to file an appeal before the...
The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna made these observations while refusing to interfere with the proceedings initiated against a man, the...
The reason why the state maintains a strict and respectful distance from the marital bedroom is for the sole purposes of dignity and privacy accorded to a...
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“In a matter like this, they (Centre) have to in principle say yes or no because if they don't, however much they may deliberate, it is not going to come to...
Gender-based hierarchy and patriarchal norms that govern sexual division of labour within Indian households, are key factors responsible for sexual violence...
The Hathras rape case brought forward the barbarism of those who sit at the top of gender and caste hierarchical systems.
36 countries in the world have not criminalised marital rape yet and India is one of them, this shows how far the women of the country are from being safe
The bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde granted protection from arrest for eight weeks to a man, accused of raping a woman on the false pretext of marriage
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Sanjay Hegde says the very idea of public lynching is 'unconstitutional' even according to the top court, adding the MPs don't...
John Abraham replies exclusively on Pati Patni Aur Woh controversy, says, he cannot deal with adult humour. Check it out.
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel, and Justice C Hari Shankar disposed of the PIL saying the court cannot direct framing of laws as it is the domain of the...
Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra's comments on marital rape have created controversy and also reignited the debate over the issue and laws dealing...
