Next week, Supreme Court to take up pleas on criminalising marital rape

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 06:21 AM Aug 06, 2024 IST

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Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 5

The Supreme Court will hear next week petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape.

Currently, a man enjoys immunity from prosecution for rape, if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday assured senior advocate Karuna Nandy that the matter would be taken up next week after she urged the CJI to list it for hearing as it would deal with petitions on taxation laws this week.

Nine NDA-ruled states and the UT of Jammu and Kashmir have moved the Supreme Court seeking to be heard on the contentious issue.

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