India's government is urging the Supreme Court to reject efforts to update a 160-year-old rape law, arguing it could disrupt ...

The Indian government has opposed petitions in the top court that seek criminalisation of marital rape, saying it would be ...

India's government has asked the country's top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing ...

The existing law on rape in India lacks inclusivity, as it doesn't account for male or transgender victims and exempts ...

MUMBAI: The Indian government has insisted that `marital rape’ should be treated more leniently than other rape offences in an ongoing court case brought by campaigners seeking to outlaw it. The penal ...

The Indian government opposed calls to label non-consensual sexual acts by a husband on his wife as “rape”, saying it may ...

The Union government has said that the classification of marital rape as an offence is "excessively harsh" and criminalising it would affect the sanctity of the ...

India’s government has asked the country’s top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing ...

THE country’s government has asked the top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing case brought by campaigners seeking to outlaw it.

The Centre's affidavit to the court argues that criminalizing marital rape could disrupt conjugal relationships and pose ...