(wl 2408)-Rethinking Marriage: The Case against Marital Rape

A recent judgment of the High Court of Chhattisgarh has exposed the absurdity of mindless law reform and the need to reimagine the institution of marriage. This judgment has further outlined the need to expunge the “marital rape exception” in the Indian Penal Code and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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Economic and political weekly/Economic & political weekly
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2025-05-24
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https://doi.org/10.71279/epw.v60i21.44371
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Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
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(wl 2408)-Rethinking Marriage: The Case against Marital Rape

Indira Jaising
Economic and political weekly/Economic & political weekly
Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
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(wl 2408)-Rethinking Marriage: The Case against Marital Rape

Indira Jaising
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Abstract

A recent judgment of the High Court of Chhattisgarh has exposed the absurdity of mindless law reform and the need to reimagine the institution of marriage. This judgment has further outlined the need to expunge the “marital rape exception” in the Indian Penal Code and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Economic and political weekly/Economic & political weeklyVol. 60(21)
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Legal Systems and Judicial Processes
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