Marital rape petitions to be listed next month: SC
Hindustan Times|July 20, 2023
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the petitions regarding the validity of the immunity to husband from marital rape "have to be decided", as it agreed to list the matter after hearing in the Constitution bench matter relating to abrogation of Article 370 gets over in August.
Marital rape petitions to be listed next month: SC

"The petitions of marital rape have to be decided... We can take it up after the Constitution bench hearing on Article 370 gets over next month," Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud told senior counsel Indira Jaising and advocate Karuna Nundy. A five-judge bench is set to begin day-to-day hearings from August 2 on a clutch of petitions pertaining to the nullification of Article 370 of the Constitution. The matter was mentioned by senior advocate Indira Jaising who claimed that the matter has not come up for hearing since January.

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