Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Marital Rape, will rule on the constitutionality of penal provisions in the IPC

The bench wondered if it struck down the immunity clause in the penal codes then the offence will be covered under the main provision on rape or 'can the court create a separate offence or adjudicate the validity of the exception (clause)'.

Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape on October 17; the petitioners have argued that protection given to non-consensual sexual acts by a man with his own wife violated women’s right to bodily integrity, autonomy, and dignity

Senior advocate Karuna Nandy, representing the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), referenced the Supreme Court’s ruling on the right to privacy, asserting that privacy cannot be used to justify abuse against women.

Marital rape: While hearing the matter, a bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought views of the petitioners on Centre's contention that making such acts punishable would severely impact the conjugal relationship.

As the Supreme Court begins hearing petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape, The Hindu decodes the legal contentions before it

Supreme Court questions penal law on marital rape, petitioners seek criminalization, government argues against impact on marriage.