Supreme Court to examine marital rape exception under IPC, BNS | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine whether the law excluding non-consensual sexual intercourse by a husband against his wife from the definition of rape can withstand constitutional scrutiny. The court is hearing challenges to the marital rape exception under both the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The…
