![]() | Marital rape criminalisation: Appeal filed in SC against Delhi HC's split verdictThe appeal has been filed by Khushboo Saifi, one of the petitioners before the high court which on May 11 had delivered a split verdict on the issue. |
![]() | Split views: What judges said on marital rapeA bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar delivered a split verdict on petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape. |
![]() | Split views: What Delhi High Court judges said on marital rapeA bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice C Hari Shankar delivered a split verdict on petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape. |
![]() | 'Disappointing': Activists on Delhi HC verdict on marital rape criminalisationVani Subramanian, a member of the women's group Saheli Trust, questioned that if domestic violence is a crime, then how is marital rape not a crime. |
![]() | Delhi HC delivers split verdict on criminalisation of marital rapeUnder 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. |
![]() | Delhi High Court to pronounce verdict on pleas to criminalise marital rapeThe Delhi High Court is scheduled to pronounce on Wednesday its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking the criminalisation of marital rape. |
![]() | SC refuses to stay trial, issues notice in a marital rape caseThe top court refused to stay trial in the case. The matter would be heard in July. |
![]() | Karnataka HC verdict on marital rape draws mixed reaction from petitioners fighting case in Delhi HCThis exception has been under challenge in various petitions filed in the Delhi High Court, which reserved its judgement in the matter in February, and in the Karnataka High Court. |
![]() | Exemption given to husband in cases of 'marital rape' cannot be absolute, says Karnataka HC"If the allegation of rape is removed from the block of offences alleged, it would, in the peculiar facts of this case, be doing tremendous injustice to the wife," said Justice Nagaprasanna |
![]() | No more time to Centre for replying on marital rape pleasThe Delhi High Court on Monday rejected Centre’s request for more time to respond to petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape and reserved its verdict in the case. |
![]() | Marital rape must be treated as offence, say legal luminariesExperts added that gender neutral terms in sexual offences should be used with victims including the third gender. |
![]() | Religion and marital rape, a tricky territoryAlong with subject experts, leaders from India’s widely practised religions tell Ankita Upadhyay whether their principles recognise the concept of marital rape, and if not, then why |
![]() | Show progressive mentality and criminalise marital rapeIt is strange to cling to an archaic colonial-era law for a country that had given many progressive rights to its women even before the so-called liberal western counterparts had done so. |
![]() | Delhi HC grants two weeks to Centre to state stand on criminalising marital rapeA bench headed by Justice Rajiv Shakdher observed that the issue has to be decided either by the court or the legislature, and granted two weeks to the Centre to formulate its stand. |
![]() | Marital rape: Committed to protecting women's dignity, Centre tells HCThe court, which is conducting the marathon proceedings on a daily basis, will now hear the matter on Friday. |
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