Marital Rape Laws in India
Introduction: Marital Rape is also known as Spousal Rape, it is the word which has two different words which comes together to make One single word. Each single word has different meaning when compared to Single word. The word Marriage it’s a tie between the two persons. The word Rape is an unwanted sexual intercourse. But the word Marital Rape is sexual intercourse with the spouse without her consent. But the question still arises whether to consider Marital Rape as an offence or Not an Offence. Historically the marital rape is not considered as a Criminal offence. In the 17 th Century, Chief Justice Matthew Hale established the concept of irrevocable consent, which says that men have a right to have a sexual intercourse with his wife. This has established an exceptional to marital rape. It has believed that ones a girl marries a boy then it is considered a consent for everything including sexual intercourse on this concept the marital rape is not at all in the scen...