India News | SC Observation on Marital Rape in Abortion Ruling Welcome but Does Not Make It an Offence: Activists

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Lawyers and activists on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's observation that the meaning of rape must include marital rape for the purpose of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, but added the order does not make it an offence which could only happen by broadening the ambit of Article 375.
India News | SC Observation on Marital Rape in Abortion Ruling Welcome but Does Not Make It an Offence: Activists.

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