Myth of consent
India’s refusal to criminalise marital rape rests on a premise that is rarely stated plainly but widely enforced: that consent, once given at marriage, is permanent.
India’s refusal to criminalise marital rape rests on a premise that is rarely stated plainly but widely enforced: that consent, once given at marriage, is permanent.
The Supreme Court of India on Friday held that a wife’s alleged failure to perform household chores such as cooking or managing domestic work cannot, by itself, amount to cruelty in matrimonial disputes.
In India, marriage has long been treated as a one-way journey for women. Once a daughter leaves her parents’ home in a wedding procession, social convention dictates that she must endure whatever awaits her in her husband’s household.
A nikahnama and passport copy have surfaced, claiming she is married and has changed her faith.
Zaira took to Instagram to post two pictures from her wedding day, but did not reveal the name or face of her husband.
The arrested accused has been identified as Satnam Singh alias Honey of Patti in Tarn Taran.
Alona Burmaka, a 28-year-old Ukrainian woman, and Sergey Novikov, a 37-year-old man born in Russia (now an Israeli citizen) registered their marriage in Dharamshala on Monday under the Special Marriage Act of India.
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Soma got married in May 2011 to a school teacher named Debarchan Biswas, a resident of Baruipur, according to the Hindu Marriage Act.
NCPCR has come across several reports that suggest child marriage taking place on May 3 as the day is being celebrated as Akshay Tritiya also known as an Akti/ Akha Teej.
