Mumbai, Oct 4, 2024 (AFP) - India asks top court not to toughen marital rape penalties

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2024-10-04

India's government has asked the country's top court not to toughen criminal penalties against marital rape during an ongoing case brought by campaigners seeking to outlaw it. The penal code introduced in the 19th century during British colonial rule of India explicitly states that "sexual acts by a man with his own wife... is not rape". Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government enacted an overhauled code in July which retains that clause, despit......

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