It's still legal to rape your wife in India. That could be about to change
- Written by: Saptarshi Mandal, Associate law professor, O.P. Jindal Global University
In late February, a court in Delhi finished hearing a case on married Indian women’s right to sexual autonomy, and now, a decision on the matter is awaited.
The Indian Penal Code, enacted by the British colonial state in 1860, exempts forcible sexual intercourse by husbands upon wives from the definition of rape. This means a man cannot be...
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