New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought the Centre’s response on a batch of petitions related to the criminalisation of marital rape. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and comprising Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the Union government to file its response on the issue by February 15. The final hearing on the pleas would commence on March 21, the CJI said.
Delhi HC’s split verdict
A division bench of the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict in May last year on petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape. While one judge said “legitimate expectation of sex” is an “inexorable” aspect of marriage, the other said the “right to withdraw consent at any given point in time forms the core of the woman’s right to life and liberty.”
The pleas
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