MARITAL RAPE IN INDIA- NOT CRIMINALISED YET!
MARITAL RAPE IN INDIA- NOT CRIMINALISED YET! WRITTEN BY: HARSHIT SAXENA 2nd YEAR BA.LL.B. MANIPAL UNIVERSITY JAIPUR EDITED BY: YASH JAIN 5 TH YEAR B.B.A. LL.B.(H) AMITY LAW SCHOOL, NOIDA Abstract: Rape is non-consensual sex with the victim and is treated as a very serious crime, but the same non-consensual sex within marriage in India is still not considered as rape. Where marriage is considered such an important event in a person’s life, does merely being married remove the importance of consent from one’s life? Justice Verma Committee, formed after the draconian Nirbhaya Case (2012) recommended making marital rape a criminal offense. In this article, we will look at the concept of marital rape in India. Introduction: It is important to first understand the roots of this marital rape, not criminal offense concept which arises from two doctrines of the British colonial era...