{"id":37654,"date":"2015-05-03T07:39:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T07:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37654"},"modified":"2015-05-03T07:39:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T07:39:42","slug":"refusal-to-criminalise-marital-rape-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/refusal-to-criminalise-marital-rape-activists","title":{"rendered":"Refusal to criminalise marital rape: Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"184\" data-attachment-id=\"37655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/refusal-to-criminalise-marital-rape-activists\/marital-rape-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?fit=273%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"273,184\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"marital rape\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?fit=273%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?fit=273%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37655\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/05\/marital-rape.png?resize=273%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"marital rape\" \/><\/a>Government&#8217;s refusal to criminalise marital rape has been termed as &#8220;regressive&#8221; by several women rights activists but experts supporting the Centre&#8217;s stand feel there is no need to tinker with the law as it might be &#8220;misused&#8221; by some to settle scores.<\/p>\n<p>The issue, which did not garner favour from the Supreme Court, has triggered a fresh debate in the wake of Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary&#8217;s statement in Parliament that the concept of marital rape cannot be applied in India where marriage is considered as a &#8220;sacrament&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Parliament is being regressive about it. Even Justice J S Verma Committee had recommended criminalising marital rape. India is ready but Parliament is not,&#8221; senior advocate Rebecca John said. Her view was shared by activists Ranjana Kumari and Vrinda Grover who vouched for a law protecting married women from forced sex with their spouse.<\/p>\n<p>They said lawmakers do not want to give women their right against exploitation, even at the hands of their husbands.<\/p>\n<p>However, this view did not find favour with some jurists who said criminalisation of marital rape will be &#8220;dangerous&#8221; in today&#8217;s scenario where instances of false implications of husband and in-laws by women are in abundance.<\/p>\n<p>Two retired judges &#8212; S N Dhingra and R S Sodhi &#8212; of the Delhi High Court said it will trigger misuse of law by women to settle scores.<\/p>\n<p>Differing with them and supporting the women activists, senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, who took up the issue in the apex court, alleged the government was headed by &#8220;men with anti-women thinking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our government is conservative, anti-social and backward looking. It is headed by men with anti-women thinking,&#8221; he alleged, and asked &#8220;when there is law to protect women against domestic violence, then why can&#8217;t there be one for marital rape?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to a UN report &#8212; &#8216;The 2011 Progress of the World&#8217;s Women: In Pursuit of Justice report&#8217; &#8212; marital rape is an offence in 52 countries, including the US, Australia, South Africa, Canada, Denmark and France<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government&#8217;s refusal to criminalise marital rape has been termed as &#8220;regressive&#8221; by several women rights activists but experts supporting the Centre&#8217;s stand feel there is no need to tinker with the law as it might be &#8220;misused&#8221; by some to settle scores. 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