The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape.The petitioners challenge Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita which provide that sexual intercourse/sexual acts by a man with his wife would not be "rape".A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Manoj...
