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    Supreme Court of India, which posted for final hearing the petitions challenging the marital rape exception under Section 375 IPC and Section 63 BNS
    The Supreme Court posted the marital rape exception pleas for final hearing and questioned whether a husband can be prosecuted while the exception stands.
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    Can A Husband Be Prosecuted While Marital Rape Exception Stands? Supreme Court Frames The Question

    The Supreme Court posted the marital rape exception pleas for final hearing and asked whether a husband can be prosecuted for rape of his wife while the exception’s constitutional validity is undecided. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted for final hearing the batch of petitions challenging the marital rape exception under India’s rape […]

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    Non-Consensual Sex Within Marriage Still Has No Remedy: Ex- CJI Chandrachud on Failure Of Law to Criminalize Marital Rape
    Non-Consensual Sex Within Marriage Still Has No Remedy: Ex- CJI Chandrachud on Failure Of Law to Criminalize Marital Rape
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    Non-Consensual Sex Within Marriage Still Has No Remedy: Ex- CJI Chandrachud on Failure Of Law to Criminalize Marital Rape

    Former CJI DY Chandrachud said his tenure regret was not addressing marital rape, calling it a legal gap and moral failure even seventy five years after Independence. He noted women facing non consensual sex in marriage still lack remedy.

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