Landmark case · Law of Crimes · Semester 2
Independent Thought v. Union of India
(2017) 10 SCC 800 · Supreme Court of India
Sexual intercourse with a wife below eighteen is rape; the marital-rape exception cannot protect child marriage.
From topic
Offences against woman and child: BNS 63–99 — Unit II, Law of Crimes.
Related sections:
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 63–64 — Rape and punishment for rape (IPC 375–376)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 74–79 — Assault, sexual harassment and related offences against woman (IPC 354–354D)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 80 — Dowry death (IPC 304B)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 85–86 — Cruelty by husband or relatives (IPC 498A)