Tag: Section 375
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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013:Practically impactful or just impressive on paper?
By Shruti Sharma, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. RAPE- An offence which is defined under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. It is punishable under Section 376 of the same with maximum punishment, which may extend up to life imprisonment plus fine. Rape is considered as the fourth most common crime against women in India.…
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Marital Rape: The Indian Scenario
By Aparna Menon, Government Law College, Mumbai. Marital rape, a contemporary term which means sexual perversion extended by the husband on to his wife without her consent in the due course of their legal marriage. It is non consensual intercourse obtained by the man with his wife through force, threat of force, violence in case…