Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Legislative Reluctance to Penalise Marital Rape in Present Social Scenario

Dr. Manu Datta

Abstract :

 Law is not something static and it has to amend with change in social values. In earlier times, wife was considered to be property of

husband, and therefore, she had to submit physically to husband at his desire. Such obsolete notions have altered in present times
to a large extend, and women enjoy constitutional equality. In this background, a debate has emerged on the justification of
creation of exception in Rape Laws when the rapist is husband. Present paper seeks to analyse arguments for or against
criminalising Marital Rape in the light of some recent developments before submitting conclusion and suggestion.

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Dr. Manu Datta, Legislative Reluctance to Penalise Marital Rape in Present Social Scenario, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018


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