January 14, 2018
Marital Rape Issue May Turn on Supreme Court’s Decision on Consent in Child Marriages
Source – thewire.in New Delhi: The Supreme Court is currently hearing challenges to the validity of a clause in the Indian legal definition of rape which excludes sexual intercourse by a man with a minor girl above the age of 15 if she happens to be his wife. Most observers believe the court is unlikely to strike this exception down.