The issue of marital rape in India has ignited considerable legal and societal debate, with Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) --- now reintroduced as Section 63 of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita - ...

A recent Madhya Pradesh High Court decision has revived a long under-examined question: can the marital rape exception under Section 375 IPC be used to defend a husband from prosecution ...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which was decriminalised by the Supreme Court in 2018, and the rape ...

The Chhattisgarh High Court acquitted a man convicted of rape and other charges, ruling that sexual acts by a husband with his adult wife, including without her consent, cannot be considered rape or ...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which was decriminalised by the Supreme Court in ...

Senior advocate Rebecca John on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that a consent was an underlying condition to immunity from rape a husband gets under Exception 2 of Section 375 of Indian Penal ...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the IPC, which was decriminalised by the Supreme Court in 2018, and the rape law that protects ...

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday held that a man cannot escape trial for rape only because the victim is his wide as it is against the right to equality. Refusing to quash rape charges filed by a ...

The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a husband cannot be prosecuted for rape (Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, IPC) or unnatural sex (Section 377 of the IPC) for sexual intercourse, ...

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the IPC, which was decriminalised by the Supreme Court in 2018, and the rape law that protects ...