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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 formally opposes bid ...
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 ...
In 1994, Law 94-89 criminalized marital rape; [79] a second law, passed 4 April 2006, makes rape by a partner (including in unmarried relationships, marriages, and civil unions) an aggravating circumstance in prosecuting rape. [80] Germany outlawed spousal rape in 1997, which is later than other developed countries.
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]
Reports of horrific sexual assaults on women have become familiar in India, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.