India's government is urging the Supreme Court to reject efforts to update a 160-year-old rape law, arguing it could disrupt ...

India's government has asked the country's top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing ...

Centre defended the marital rape exception in laws, arguing its removal could destabilize marriage, while emphasizing the ...

The Centre has opposed making marital rape a criminal offense, stating it could disrupt marriages. The Supreme Court is ...

The Centre told the Supreme Court that in the fast-growing and ever-changing social and family structure, misuse of the ...

CPM’s Brinda Karat says Centre effectively saying “woman’s body is not her own but husband’s”, TMC’s Derek O’Brien had ...

The existing law on rape in India lacks inclusivity, as it doesn't account for male or transgender victims and exempts ...

The Indian government has opposed petitions in the top court that seek criminalisation of marital rape, saying it would be ...

The Centre argued that the complexities of marriage differentiate non-consensual sex within it from similar acts outside ...

THE country’s government has asked the top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing case brought by campaigners seeking to outlaw it.

This is the first time that the government has on record opposed the striking down the marital rape exception.

Indian government argues against labelling non-consensual sexual acts by husband as marital rape - Classifying marital rape ...