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In India, it is not considered rape if a man forces sex or sexual acts on his wife, as long as she is over 18, due to an exception in a British colonial-era law.
In India, marital rape is not a criminal offense. India is one of fifty countries that have not yet outlawed marital rape. [40] 20% of Indian men admit to forcing their wives or partners to have sex. [41] Marital rape can be classified into one of three types: [42] Battering rape: This includes both physical and sexual violence. The majority of ...
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013 has been strongly criticised by several human rights and women's rights organisations for not including certain suggestions recommended by the Verma Committee Report like, marital rape, reduction of age of consent [failed verification], amending Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act so that no sanction ...
Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. [1] [2] According to the 2021 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 31,677 rape cases were registered across the country, or an average of 86 cases daily, a rise from 2020 with 28,046 cases, while in 2019, 32,033 cases were registered. [3]
India's government is urging the Supreme Court to reject efforts to update a 160-year-old rape law, arguing it could disrupt "the institution of marriage." India's government is urging the Supreme ...
The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at persistently high levels of sexual violence despite legal reforms and ...
An anti-rape law covering marital rape was passed in 1997. [350] [47] [law 112] Marital rape was explicitly criminalised by the Anti- Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (Sec. 3(B)(a),(b)). [law 113] The legality of the marital rape laws was upheld by the Supreme Court in People vs Jumawan G.R. No. 187495 (2014). [351] Poland ...
In March, the group, which claims to have 100,000 members, called for “nationwide protests against Marital Rape law and Supreme Court of India,” writing on Twitter – now known as X – that ...