Family Law News Plea in High Court for making marital rape a ground for divorce July 4, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A plea was filed in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking direction to the Centre to frame guidelines for registration of FIR for marital rape as also laws for making it a ground for divorce. The PIL sought that there should be a clear guideline for registration of cases related to marital rape under […] Read more » divorce High Court marital rape
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Marital rape as a ground for divorce: Supreme Court asks petitioner to approach High Court July 1, 2019 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to frame appropriate guidelines for registration of FIR for marital rape and frame laws for making it a ground of divorce. A bench of Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai asked the petitioner advocate Anuja Kapur to […] Read more » High Court marital rape Supreme Court
Top Law News Marital rape offence under penal law: AAP govt to HC January 19, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The AAP Government today told the Delhi High Court that marital rape, where a spouse indulges in sexual relations without the willingness of the other, is already an offence under a penal provision. The AAP government submitted that a woman is entitled to refuse sexual relations with her husband as the right to bodily integrity […] Read more » AAP govt Additional Standing Counsel Nandita Rao Advocate Karuna Nandy Delhi High Court featured HC marital rape Marital rape offence NGO All India Democratic Women's Association NGO RIT Foundation penal law
Top Law News How did Par create an exception when consent age is 18 yrs: SC September 7, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today posed a query to the Centre how Parliament could create an exception in the penal law declaring that intercourse or a sexual act by a man with his wife, aged between 15 and less than 18 years, is not rape, when the age of consent is 18. The apex court said […] Read more » apex court Court featured Law Legal News marital rape Supreme Court
Top Law News Delhi HC to hear NGO’s plea opposing marital rape August 29, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea by an NGO, representing men victimised by alleged misuse of gender laws, opposing several petitions to make marital rape a criminal offence. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar allowed the intervention application by NGO, Men Welfare Trust, and […] Read more » Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News marital rape
Top Law News Delhi HC seeks govt’s stand on pleas for making marital rape an offence July 19, 2017 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to spell out its stand petitions seeking to make marital rape a criminal offence. Marital rape (or spousal rape) is an act in which one of the spouses indulges in sexual intercourse without the consent of the other. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and […] Read more » Centre government Court Delhi High Court featured Law Legal News marital rape
Top Law News Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists May 3, 2015 by Legal India Admin | 2 Comments on Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists Government’s refusal to criminalise marital rape has been termed as “regressive” by several women rights activists but experts supporting the Centre’s stand feel there is no need to tinker with the law as it might be “misused” by some to settle scores. The issue, which did not garner favour from the Supreme Court, has triggered […] Read more » concept of marital rape cannot be applied in India criminalisation of marital rape will be dangerous criminalise marital rape criminalise rape featured marital rape marital rape cannot be applied in India Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary
Court, Judiciary & Legal System Non-recognition of marital rape hypocrisy in law: Court October 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Non-recognition of marital rape hypocrisy in law: Court Observing that India is yet to recognise woman’s right to control marital intercourse as a core component of equality, a court here said absence of provision to deal with cases of marital rape as an offence exposes gross double standards and hypocrisy in law. The court observation came Tuesday while declining bail to a man, […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau marital rape marital rape hypocrisy in law Non-recognition
