Indias Sexual Violence Bills Fail to Criminalize Marital Rape

NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (IPS) - A batch of three bills introduced in India’s Parliament in August to replace archaic, colonial period laws and revamp the criminal justice system will, however, retain the existing law that legalizes marital rape.

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