Marital rape petitions to be listed next month: SC
The Supreme Court has agreed to list petitions regarding the validity of immunity for husbands from marital rape after the Constitution bench hearing on Article 370 concludes in August. The matter has not been heard since January. The court is seized of a batch of petitions challenging the exemption of forceful sexual intercourse by a man with his wife from the offence of rape. The split verdict by the Delhi high court in May 2022 is also pending before the top court for a final decision.