An Analysis on the Criminality of Marital Rape in India

Thomas, Neha

doi:10.5281/zenodo.5791203

Abstract

An 18-year-old girl, in an arranged marriage to a man she has met probably once, maximum twice. She dreams of love and care that he had promised in front of others; this shatters the second they enter the bedroom. She is subject to physical, sexual, and verbal abuse. Where she

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Neha Thomas

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8 references

1.2021), https://indianexpress.com/article/india/marital-rape-a-good-ground-to-claim-divorce-says-kerala-hc-
2.K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v Union of India, 2017 SCC Online 996
3.Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Marital Rape Brochure-RAINN; https://www.rainn.org/pdf-files-
4.The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 No, 13 of 2013; Section 376 B
5.Danial Latifi v Union of India, (2001) 7 SCC 740
6.The Chairman, Railway Board v. Chandrima Das, (2000) 2 SCC 465
7.Independent Thought v Union of India; (2017) 10 SCC 800
8.Mukesh v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2017) 6 SCC 1

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[1] 1.2021), https://indianexpress.com/article/india/marital-rape-a-good-ground-to-claim-divorce-says-kerala-hc-

[2] 2.K. S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) v Union of India, 2017 SCC Online 996

[3] 3.Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Marital Rape Brochure-RAINN; https://www.rainn.org/pdf-files-

[4] 4.The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 No, 13 of 2013; Section 376 B

[5] 5.Danial Latifi v Union of India, (2001) 7 SCC 740

[6] 6.The Chairman, Railway Board v. Chandrima Das, (2000) 2 SCC 465

[7] 7.Independent Thought v Union of India; (2017) 10 SCC 800

[8] 8.Mukesh v. State (NCT of Delhi), (2017) 6 SCC 1

An Analysis on the Criminality of Marital Rape in India

An Analysis on the Criminality of Marital Rape in India

Abstract

Authors

Neha Thomas

References

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