{"id":40869,"date":"2016-01-11T20:19:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T14:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40869"},"modified":"2016-01-12T04:22:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T22:52:20","slug":"pil-on-marital-rape-delhi-hc-seeks-govts-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pil-on-marital-rape-delhi-hc-seeks-govts-response","title":{"rendered":"PIL on marital rape: Delhi HC seeks govt&#8221;s response"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40340\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40340\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/selection-of-successful-djs-candidates-would-remain-intact-sc\/delhi-high-court-78\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" 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=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/delhi-high-court.png?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"delhi high courtPIL on marital rape: Delhi HC seeks govt''s response\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PIL on marital rape: Delhi HC seeks govt&#8221;s response<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The controversial issue of marital rape was again raked up today before the Delhi High Court, which sought the government&#8217;s response on a PIL challenging a provision in the penal law which does not consider sexual intercourse of a man with his minor wife as rape.<\/p>\n<p>The issue came up before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, which agreed to examine it on a plea by an NGO seeking a review of a July 8, 2015, order of the high court by which the petition was disposed of on the ground that an identical case was pending before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>When the review plea came before the high court, the Centre said the issue of marital rape was raised in the apex court on different grounds.<\/p>\n<p>On hearing this, the court issued notice to the Union Government and asked it to file its reply to the review plea before March 23.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre had earlier informed the court that the NGO&#8217;s plea highlighting the exception in Section 375 of the IPC which states that sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not under 15 years of age, is not rape, was pending for consideration before the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The NGO has contended that the exception in section 375 was brought about by way of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 2013, which was enacted after the horrific gangrape case of December 16, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It claimed that the exception to Section 375 of the IPC was to the extent that it granted immunity to a husband who rapes his wife, who is above 15 years of age, was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>It said that the exception was &#8220;unconstitutional and violative of the Right to Equality guaranteed to married women under Article 14 of the Constitution as it decriminalises rape when the perpetrator is the lawfully wedded husband of the victim&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petition further stated that marital rape has been criminalised in almost all major common law jurisdictions throughout the world, including in the US, the UK, South Africa and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The criminalisation of marital rape was also recommended by Justice J S Verma Committee in 2013. However, government has desisted from paying any attention,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversial issue of marital rape was again raked up today before the Delhi High Court, which sought the government&#8217;s response on a PIL challenging a provision in the penal law which does not consider sexual intercourse of a man with his minor wife as rape. 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