Marital Rape
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Criminalising marital rape could destabilise institution of marriage: Centre tells High Court
India | Aug 29, 2017, 07:49 PM ISTIn an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court, the Centre said that there was need for a precise definition as to what constitutes marital rape and what would constitute marital non rape before a view in its criminalisation is taken
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Marital rape not penal offence, Parliament debated it: Supreme Court
India | Aug 10, 2017, 07:23 AM ISTThe 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 today said
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Marital rape is a serious issue, says Delhi HC
India | May 15, 2017, 06:10 PM ISTTerming “marital rape” a serious issue, the Delhi High Court today observed that it has notoriously become a “part of the culture”.
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Can have law on marital rape but women won't complain: Maneka Gandhi
National | Jun 07, 2016, 09:43 PM ISTMonths after her statement that "concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context" created some controversy, Union minister Maneka Gandhi today said even if there was a law against it, women are unlikely to complain about this kind of
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Make marital rape a crime, recommends government panel
India | Jul 18, 2015, 10:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Centre appointed Pam Rajput committee has recommended that marital rape should be considered as an offence irrespective of the age of the wife and the relationship between the perpetrator and survivor.The panel has
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HC junks PIL seeking marital rape be made criminal offence
India | Jul 12, 2015, 09:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain a PIL challenging a provision in the penal law which does not consider as rape sexual intercourse of a man with his minor wife, noting
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Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists, experts differ
India | May 03, 2015, 11:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: Government's refusal to criminalise marital rape has been termed as “regressive” by several women rights activists but experts supporting the Centre's stand feel there is no need to tinker with the law as
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Concept of marital rape cannot be applied in India, says Government
National | Apr 30, 2015, 01:27 PM ISTNew Delhi: Concept of marital rape cannot be applied in India as marriage is treated as a sacrament or sacred as per mindset of the Indian society, government today said."It is considered that the concept
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Britain's Islam Channel Rapped For Advocating Marital Rape
World | Nov 09, 2010, 09:42 PM ISTBritain's Islam channel, which broadcasts on Sky, has been rapped by TV regulatory body Ofcom for allowing presenters to condone marital rape and calling women who wear perfume in mosques 'prostitutes'..In one programme, the host