Criminalization Of Marital Rape In India: A Constitutional And Jurisprudential Analysis
IJLLR Journal
Kumar Kartikeya, PhD Scholar, Research Scholar, Department of Law, NIMS University Ashwani Kumar, LL.M. Department of Law Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University Sagar M.P ABSTRACT The issue of criminalization of marital rape in India has emerged as one of the most contentious debates in contemporary constitutional law. While rape outside marriage is a punishable offence under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Exception 2 to Section 375 continues to exclude marital rape from its ambit. This...