Marital Rape A Crime Of Cruelty In India: Delhi Government To High Court
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"Marital rape is a crime of cruelty in India. Married women and unmarried women are different under every single law," Delhi government lawyer Nandita Rao said.
The Delhi government on Friday told the Delhi High Court that marital rape is already covered as a crime of cruelty under the Indian Penal Code.
The Delhi government's counsel stated before the court hearing a batch of petitions seeking criminalisation of marital rape that the courts have no power to legislate any new offence and claimed that married women and unmarried women were placed differently under every single law.
"Marital rape is a crime of cruelty in India. Married women and unmarried women are different under every single law," Delhi government lawyer Nandita Rao said.
Ms Rao also said that even in the case of one of the petitioners, who claimed to be a victim of repeated marital rape, the FIR stood registered for an offence under Section 498A IPC for necessary action.
