The Indian government has opposed petitions in the top court that seek criminalisation of marital rape, saying it would be ...

India's government is urging the Supreme Court to reject efforts to update a 160-year-old rape law, arguing it could disrupt ...

India's government has asked the country's top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing ...

The Centre’s affidavit rehashes many familiar arguments in favour of Marital Rape Exception, but the legal merit of these ...

India's government has asked the country's top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing ...

The Centre argues for maintaining the MRE, citing legal remedies and the need to protect the institution of marriage, but ...

The existing law on rape in India lacks inclusivity, as it doesn't account for male or transgender victims and exempts ...

This is first time that the government has on record opposed the striking down of the decades-old issue of marital rape ...

The government’s affidavit to the Supreme Court that “violating a wife’s consent” is wrong, but to call it rape is “excessive” ...

India Says Criminalising Marital Rape is "Excessively Harsh" | Vantage with Palki Sharma The Government of India has opposed marital rape criminalisation by calling it "excessively harsh". "Sexual ...

The Indian government has opposed calls to classify non-consensual sexual acts committed by a husband against his wife as ...