Marital rape
- Mar- 2023 -28 MarchDH Latest News
Indian Supreme Court to hear all the petitions related to the constitutionality of the ‘marital rape exemption’
The Indian Supreme Court is scheduled to hear all petitions related to the constitutionality of the ‘marital rape exemption’ on…
Read More » - May- 2022 -17 MayDH Latest News
Delhi High Court’s split verdict on criminalising marital rape challenged in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard an appeal against the Delhi High Court’s split verdict on the criminalization of marital rape. Khushboo…
Read More » - 11 MayDH Latest News
Defining ‘marital rape as a crime’, Delhi High Court rules!
The Delhi High Court is expected to rule on Wednesday on a batch of petitions challenging the exception to Section…
Read More » - Mar- 2022 -24 MarchDH NEWS
Be it by man or husband, rape is rape: Karnataka HC refuses to drop rape charges on husband
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court refused to drop rape charges framed by a trial court against a man for…
Read More » - Jan- 2022 -23 JanuaryWomen
‘Marriage Strike’: Indians are talking about criminalizing marital rape
The social media trends in India have shifted to an unusual and striking hashtag in the past few days, especially…
Read More » - 21 JanuaryDH Latest News
‘Conjugal relations with wife is not a right’: Lawyer tells Delhi HC on marital rape
New Delhi: Senior advocate Rebecca John, who has been appointed the amicus curiae to assist the Delhi High Court…
Read More » - 11 JanuaryDH Latest News
‘No means no! Relationship cannot put it on a different pedestal’: Delhi HC on marital rape
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday questioned how the dignity of a married woman is not affected…
Read More » - Aug- 2021 -8 AugustDH Latest News
In a landmark judgement Kerala HC recognizes Marital rape as a ground for divorce
Even though marital rape is not punishable in India, the Kerala High Court ruled that it is a valid ground…
Read More » - Aug- 2020 -30 AugustDH Latest News
Sexual Violence; Why women are not safe in India???
A number of rape cases in India in the past few months have put a spotlight on the issue of…
Read More » - Dec- 2017 -5 DecemberCrime
High Court’s decision on spouses’ marital rape
The issues regarding marital rape have reached the presence of the High Court. Here are the details of the report.…
Read More » - Aug- 2017 -30 AugustIndia
Criminalising marital rape may destabilise institution of marriage: Govt
The Central government on Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that criminalising marital rape could destabilise the institution of marriage…
Read More » - 10 AugustNEWS
Marital rape is not criminal act, says Supreme Court
The raging issue whether to make forced marital intercourse and sexual acts part of offence of rape in penal law…
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