Kini Saxena, B.Com. LL.B. (H), LLM (Family Law), PhD (Pursuing), Shobhit University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh ABSTRACT Marriage is idealized as a sacred union between two parties wherein mutual respect, companionship and mutual consent can become a site of coercion, trauma and disrespect if the sexual autonomy is violated by the husband. The notion of sexual consent within marriage is not respected within the patriarchal society even when multiple legal and social rights have been dealt in by...