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Final hearing after three weeks: Can husband be persecuted for marital rape when it’s not an offence, asks SC
September 10, 2026 10:11 am
The court said it will start the final hearing on the petitions after three weeks and asked the parties to submit their papers in the meanwhile.
Court restores girl's custody to mother, says child's welfare outweighs 'marital rape' claim
July 06, 2026 1:31 pm
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court restores six-year-old girl's custody to her mother, ruling that child welfare considerations take precedence over unproven marital rape allegations raised by her mother.
‘No mini-trial’: Delhi High Court refuses to quash FIR against man accused of attempting to push wife into flesh trade
February 10, 2026 12:32 pm
Attempted flesh trade case: The plea before the Delhi High Court was submitted by a man accused of sexually assaulting his wife and engaging in unnatural acts.
‘No default consent in marriage, law recognises bodily freedom’: Gujarat High Court junks man's plea in wife's 'rape' case
January 14, 2026 2:20 pm
Marital Rape Case and Law: Justice Divyesh A Joshi refused to grant anticipatory bail to the man accused of sexually and physically assaulting his estranged wife.
Shashi Tharoor writes: The marital rape exception in criminal law is a colonial relic. It needs to go
December 18, 2025 8:24 am
Resistance often stems from a deeply ingrained, old-fashioned patriarchal attitude — the notion that a woman’s identity, especially within the confines of marriage, is secondary to that of her husband and the sanctity of the family unit
'Sometimes I’d just think let it carry on': UK politician's wife exposes decade of alleged abuse by ex-husband
July 22, 2025 7:22 pm
Kate Kniveton has raised concerns about the family court system in the UK, which she says often fails to protect children.
Delhi HC quashes case against husband, says, 'Law doesn't recognise concept of marital rape'
May 21, 2025 6:03 pm
The High Court noted the wife did not specifically allege if the act was performed against her will or without her consent.
UK man sedates, rapes wife for years, then confesses to her. 5 years later, he was convicted
May 14, 2025 6:26 pm
For years, sleepwalking or illness had explained mornings when the woman woke to find him having sex with her, acts she could never consent to while unconscious.
Zimbabwe court rules against law that denies abortion to marital rape victims, girls below 18
December 03, 2024 5:56 pm
The government did not mount any opposition to the case, which was brought by a women's rights group, although the ruling must still be approved by the Constitutional Court to become effective.
With CJI DY Chandrachud due to retire, SC defers hearing on marital rape pleas
October 24, 2024 1:45 am
The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape.
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