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Introduction On October 11, 2017, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India issued a landmark judgment in criminalizing sexual intercourse with child brides above 15 years and recognizing their right to bodily integrity irrespective of marital status. As Hon’ble Madan Lokur, J., expressed in Shakespeare’s eternal view that ‘a rose by any other name would […]
Marital Rape Dialogue with Sneha Mukherjee, Human Rights Law Network
The Dialogue Box organised a dialogue with Sneha Mukherjee on 7th August 2022. Mukherjee is a Human Rights advocate and activist practising in the Supreme Court of India working with the Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi. Over the last 8 years, she has represented women in cases relating to gender based violence, sexual and […]
Marital Rape : An Unidentified Crime
– This post is written by Manini Shah, a student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida Despite the increased attention that the topic of marital rape has garnered over the last two decades, the literature in this area is still sparse. When it came to the situation in India, the idea of Marital Rape was always […]
