Government claims that the 'decolonised' criminal laws, existing domestic violence, marriage laws sufficiently address marital rape. Here is why it is wrong.
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has failed to decolonise India’s rape laws. Protective legislations such as the Domestic Violence Act, and the jurisprudence surrounding ‘cruelty’ as a ground of divorce, while crucial legal instruments for women, fall significantly short of addressing marital rape.