[Marital Rape] Status of marriage not sufficient reason to deny wife right to prosecute husband: Amicus Rajshekhar Rao

To say that because Parliament has enacted it and Parliament will take care of it in the future should not be the course, Rao said of the marital rape exception in Section 375 IPC.
Sr. Advocate Rajshekhar Rao with Delhi High Court
Sr. Advocate Rajshekhar Rao with Delhi High Court
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Senior Advocate Rajshekhar Rao argued before the Delhi High Court on Tuesday that the status of marriage between two parties cannot be sufficient reason to deny a wife the ability to prosecute her husband for marital rape [RIT Foundation v Union of India].

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