Delhi High Court Reserves Judgment On Pleas Over Marital Rape Criminalisation | Read
The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape. The court rejected the central government's request to defer the matter till comments from all stakeholders are received and ordered. The matter has now been listed for March 2, and the lawyers for all the parties have been directed to file their written submissions in the meantime. The court is hearing petitions filed by two NGOs, RIT Foundation and All India Democratic Women's Association.
