Marital Rape
Constitutional Provisions: Marital rape violates articles 14 (equal protection of law) and 21 (life with dignity) of the constitution.
Legal Provisions
- Section 375 of the IPC defines the acts that constitute rape by a man. Exception 2 of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code states that “sexual intercourse by a man with his wife, and if the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape”.
- Domestic Violence Act, 2005: It hints at marital rape by any form of sexual abuse in a live-in or marriage relationship.
Judicial Pronouncements
- In September 2022, a Supreme Court ruling on women’s ....
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