Does Marital Rape Need to be Criminalized?
ABSTRACT In India, marital rape persists without legal recognition, shielded by Section 375 of the IPC, which exempts husbands from prosecution if the wife is over 15.[1] This gap leaves women unprotected against violence within marriage. Calls for reform, like those from the Justice Verma Committee after the 2012 Nirbhaya case, stress that marriage should…