Marital rape exception under constitutional scrutiny: Supreme Court to examine provisions in IPC, BNS - The Economic Times
The Supreme Court has on Wednesday agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the marital rape exception under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which provides that sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife do not constitute rape. The Court will also hear an appeal against a March 2022 judgment of the Karnataka High Court which refused to quash rape charges against a husband accused of sexually assaulting his wife.