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Bombay High Court rules that sex with a minor wife constitutes rape, rejecting the marital rape exception.

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Matrimonial Advocates

The Court affirmed the apex court’s decision in Independent Thought vs. Union of India, which read down the marital rape exception for wives who are under 18. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that sexual intercourse with ...

Centre contends that the Supreme Court lacks authority to criminalize marital rape, asserting that married women are already safeguarded by existing laws

Posted on October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 by Matrimonial Advocates

The Centre said that it is not as if a woman’s consent is obliterated by marriage, but only that consent violations within marriage would not attract rape law; there are other remedies. The Union government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Cou...