Marital Rape

Court Declines Plea Asking For Marital Rape To Be Made Ground For Divorce

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 9, 2019

The Delhi High Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking direction to the Centre to frame guidelines for registration of FIR for marital rape as also laws for making it a ground for divorce.

Top Court Refuses To Hear Plea For Marital Rape As Ground For Divorce

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 1, 2019

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the centre to frame appropriate guidelines for registration of FIR for marital rape and frame laws for making it a ground of divorce.

Top Court To Hear Plea Seeking Direction On Filing Marital Rape Cases

India News | ANI | Saturday March 30, 2019

A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government to ensure that there is a clear guideline for registration of cases related to marital rape under framed guidelines and laws.

Marriage Doesn't Mean Wife Always Ready For Sex: Court On Marital Rape

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 17, 2018

Marriage does not mean that a woman has to have a physical relationship with her husband, the Delhi High Court said today, while holding that physical force is not necessary for constituting the offence of rape.

Marital Rape No Offence, Oral Sex Cruelty, Says Gujarat High Court

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday April 3, 2018

The Gujarat High Court on Monday observed that non-consensual intercourse by a husband cannot be dubbed as rape. However, it also stated that subjecting his married partner to have oral or unnatural sex was akin to cruelty.

Marital Rape Already An Offence, AAP Government Tells Delhi High Court

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday January 19, 2018

The AAP government on Thursday opposed before the Delhi High Court the criminalisation of marital rape saying it was already an offence under the existing laws.

Man Pours Acid On Wife's Private Parts For Refusing Sex

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 1, 2017

A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district was admitted to hospital with severe burns after her husband poured acid on her private parts for refusing to have sex with him.

Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised

Thomson Reuters Foundation | Friday October 13, 2017

New Delhi: – A ruling by the Supreme Court against husbands who have sex with their child brides will protect millions of girls and may propel efforts to make marital rape a crime, according to campaigners. The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if s...

Sex With Wife Below 18 Is Rape, Says Supreme Court

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 11, 2017

Sex with a wife below 18 is rape, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark decision to end an exception in the law for men married to girls who are above 15.

Marital Rape As Crime Will Hit Institution Of Marriage: Centre To Court

India News | Reported by Tanima Biswas, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 29, 2017

Introducing the concept of rape in a marriage will make men vulnerable to harassment by their wives and destabilize the institution of marriage, the government told the Delhi High Court today. The response came following petitions by women's groups who want marital rape to be legally recognized and penalized.

Marital Rape Not Penal Offence, Parliament Debated It: Supreme Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 10, 2017

The raging issue whether to make forced marital intercourse and sexual acts part of offence of rape in penal law has been extensively debated and now it cannot be considered as a criminal act, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

'Are Indian Men Culturally Superior?' High Court Poser On Marital Rape

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 16, 2017

Are men in India culturally superior that they cannot be thought of committing 'marital rape'? This was a poser to the authorities by the Delhi High Court which said this was a "serious issue".

Sexual Intercourse By Man With Wife Not Rape, Centre Tells High Court

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 30, 2016

The Union government today defended, before the Delhi High Court, the Indian Penal Code provision that says sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not under 15 years of age, is not rape.

Foreign Media on the Women Filmmakers Tackling Sexism in India

Agence France-Presse | Monday August 1, 2016

Girliyapa is one of several filmmaking teams taking the internet by storm, tackling social issues, but also tapping into a growing desire among the youth for a more modern portrayal of women on screen

Can Have Law On Marital Rape But Women Won't Complain: Maneka Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 8, 2016

Months after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of abuse.