Landmark case · Law Relating to Women · Semester 6
Independent Thought v. Union of India
(2017) 10 SCC 800 · Supreme Court of India
Sexual intercourse with a wife below 18 is rape; the marital-rape exception was read down to that extent.
From topic
Rape and allied offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — Unit IV, Law Relating to Women.
Related sections:
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 63 — Rape
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 64 — Punishment for rape
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 70 — Gang rape
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, 74–79 — Sexual harassment, voyeurism, stalking and insult to modesty