MARITAL RAPE: LEGAL AND JUDICIAL APPROACH IN INDIA

[1] Anusha Agarwal,” Only 36 Countries Have Not Criminalized Marital Rape, India is one of them, The LEAFLET, November 2,2022 [2] Parvati Benu, “Marital Rape: Most married women are sexually abused by their husbands”, The Hindu Business Line, May 16, 2022 [3] The Indian Penal Code,1860 (Act 45 of 1860) s.375 [4] Kersti Yllo, Gabrielle M. Torres, “Marital Rape: Consent, Marriage, and Social Change in a Global Context” 345 (Oxford University Press, United States of America, 2016) [5] Supra note 4, s.498A [6] Jus. J.S Verma, “Report of the Committee on Amendment to Criminal Law” (January 2013) [7] Rajya Sabha Debates on 29th April ,2015 available at: https://mha.gov.in/MHA1/Par2017/pdfs/par2015- pdfs/rs-290415/656.pdf [8] Sir Matthew Hale, Historia plectrum coronae The History of the Pleas of the Crown 67 (Original Manuscripts, London 1800) [9] Jill Elaine Hasday, “Contest and Consent: A Legal History of Marital Rape” 88 California Law Review 1373(2000) [10] Monica Steiner, “Marital Rape Laws”, Criminal Defense Lawyer, 25 Sep 2022, available at : https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/marital-rape-laws.html [11] Ibid. [12] Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 800 [13] Ibid. [14] Ibid. [15] P.S Goopikrishnan Unnithan, “Kerela High Court: Marital Rape Sufficient Ground for Divorce”, India Today,21 August 2021 [16] Hrishikesh Shahoo v. State of Karnataka & Ors. SLP(Crl)4063/2022 [17] Ibid. [18] RIT Foundation v. Union of India 2022 SCC Online Del 1404 [19] Ibid [20] Ibid