Beer Biceps, Chhattisgarh HC’s marital rape decision and the making of a crime in Hindu majoritarian India

The string of State actions against social media influencer Ranveer Allahabadia for a joke on an online show, and a recent decision by the Chhattisgarh High Court acquitting a person accused of committing marital rape have something in common. As liberal democratic principles erode systematically, how the State responds to offences will be shaped by the society’s majoritarian impulses.
Beer Biceps, Chhattisgarh HC’s marital rape decision and the making of a crime in Hindu majoritarian India
Swarati Sabhapandit

Swarati Sabhapandit is a PhD research scholar at the department of international relations and governance studies, Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence.

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