Marital rape: SC agrees to reexamine Delhi High Court's split verdict, issues notice to Centre

Marital Rape Case : The Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre and others on pleas against Delhi High Court's split verdict on criminalisation of marital rape.

The SC agreed to examine pleas relating to issue on criminalising marital rape. It has listed the matter in February 2023 for further hearing.

Under the exception given in section 375 of the IPC, sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being minor, is not rape.

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The Delhi high court on May 11 delivered a verdict with one of the judges favouring striking down the exception in the law that grants protection to husbands from being prosecuted for non-consensual sexual intercourse with their wives, the other refused to hold it unconstitutional.

However, both the judges had concurred with each other for granting the certificate of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in the matter as it involves substantial questions of law that requires a decision from the apex court.

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