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In Supreme Court, Karnataka Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape
The Karnataka government on Thursday has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and supported the prosecution of a husband under the marital rape charges.
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"Woman Alone Has Right Over Her Body": Supreme Court's Abortion Verdict In 10 Points
The Supreme Court today delivered a historic judgment on abortions rights and marital rape, challenging some long-held stereotypes in the process.
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On Abortion And Marital Rape, Supreme Court's Massive Order
All women are entitled to a safe and legal abortion process and making any distinction between a married and an unmarried woman in this regard is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled today.
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Marital Rape: Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea Over High Court Order
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and others on a plea against the Delhi High Court's split verdict on an issue related to criminalising marital rape.
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On Criminalising Marital Rape, A Split Verdict. Next Stop, Supreme Court
On the widely-debated question of criminalising marital rape, the Delhi High Court today delivered a split verdict. The case will now go to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Trial Against Man For Allegedly Raping Wife
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay the Karnataka High Court judgment which had refused to quash the case of marital rape filed against a husband on a complaint by his wife.
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Examining Marital Rape Criminalisation "Fast-Tracked": Centre To Delhi High Court
Apprehensions of misuse and protection of the institution of marriage cannot be a ground to sustain the marital rape exception in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Delhi High Court was told on Tuesday.
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"A Woman Remains A Woman": Delhi High Court On Marital Rape
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday questioned how the dignity of a married woman is not affected as an unmarried woman when the man imposes himself on her and remarked that relationship cannot put it on a different pedestal as a woman remains a woman.
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Marital Rape No Offence, Oral Sex Cruelty, Says Gujarat High Court
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.
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Marital Rape Already An Offence, AAP Government Tells Delhi High Court
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.
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Man Pours Acid On Wife's Private Parts For Refusing Sex
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.
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Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised
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...
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Sexual Intercourse By Man With Wife Not Rape, Centre Tells High Court
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.
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Will India Have A Law Against Marital Rape? Pressure On Government Grows
Almost immediately after Deepti’s wedding at a traditional ceremony in Delhi, the horrific abuse began — behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband. “He was brutal. He forcefully had sex with me even when I was admitted in hospital,” she told AFP, shuddering at the memory of the assaults she endured for months before running away. ...
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In Supreme Court, Karnataka Supports Prosecution Of Husband For Marital Rape
The Karnataka government on Thursday has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and supported the prosecution of a husband under the marital rape charges.
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"Woman Alone Has Right Over Her Body": Supreme Court's Abortion Verdict In 10 Points
The Supreme Court today delivered a historic judgment on abortions rights and marital rape, challenging some long-held stereotypes in the process.
-
On Abortion And Marital Rape, Supreme Court's Massive Order
All women are entitled to a safe and legal abortion process and making any distinction between a married and an unmarried woman in this regard is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled today.
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Marital Rape: Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea Over High Court Order
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and others on a plea against the Delhi High Court's split verdict on an issue related to criminalising marital rape.
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On Criminalising Marital Rape, A Split Verdict. Next Stop, Supreme Court
On the widely-debated question of criminalising marital rape, the Delhi High Court today delivered a split verdict. The case will now go to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Trial Against Man For Allegedly Raping Wife
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay the Karnataka High Court judgment which had refused to quash the case of marital rape filed against a husband on a complaint by his wife.
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Examining Marital Rape Criminalisation "Fast-Tracked": Centre To Delhi High Court
Apprehensions of misuse and protection of the institution of marriage cannot be a ground to sustain the marital rape exception in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Delhi High Court was told on Tuesday.
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"A Woman Remains A Woman": Delhi High Court On Marital Rape
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday questioned how the dignity of a married woman is not affected as an unmarried woman when the man imposes himself on her and remarked that relationship cannot put it on a different pedestal as a woman remains a woman.
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Marital Rape No Offence, Oral Sex Cruelty, Says Gujarat High Court
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.
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Marital Rape Already An Offence, AAP Government Tells Delhi High Court
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.
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Man Pours Acid On Wife's Private Parts For Refusing Sex
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.
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Focus Shifts On Marital Rape After Sex With Child Brides Criminalised
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...
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Sexual Intercourse By Man With Wife Not Rape, Centre Tells High Court
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.
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Will India Have A Law Against Marital Rape? Pressure On Government Grows
Almost immediately after Deepti’s wedding at a traditional ceremony in Delhi, the horrific abuse began — behind closed doors at the hands of her new husband. “He was brutal. He forcefully had sex with me even when I was admitted in hospital,” she told AFP, shuddering at the memory of the assaults she endured for months before running away. ...
