Marital Rape (Women and Children)

Marital Rape (Women and Children)

Resisting the backlash: How conservative arguments on marital rape threaten feminist progress

Rohin Bhatt

08 Mar 2025

7 min read

Delhi HC reserves verdict on plea to criminalise marital rape

The Leaflet

21 Feb 2022

3 min read

'HC can strike down exception to marital rape, without explaining how it can be proved. Let trial courts adjudicate on the basis of facts of each case', counsel tells Delhi HC

The Leaflet

07 Feb 2022

5 min read

Immunity to husband from marital rape is to protect civil liberty of the husband, Men Welfare Trust tells Delhi HC

The Leaflet

28 Jan 2022

9 min read

It cannot be said that Parliament was unmindful of the rights of the wife, counsel tells Delhi HC seeking to retain marital rape exception

Paras Nath Singh

25 Jan 2022

7 min read

Exception to marital rape ought to go in order to enhance substantive equality, Delhi HC told

Paras Nath Singh

24 Jan 2022

8 min read

Husband’s conjugal expectations can’t override wife’s right to say no, Amicus Curiae tells Delhi HC in the challenge to the marital rape exception case

Paras Nath Singh

21 Jan 2022

7 min read