Marital Rape

NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY
BANGALORE

FAMILY LAW- I

MARITAL RAPE

SUBMITTED BY:

ABHINAVA KRISHNA
ID NO- 2033
BA (LLB) HONS.
2nd Year, 5th Trimester

DATE OF SUBMISSION- AUGUST 7, 2014

TABLE OF CONTENT

  1. Table of statute
  2. Table of cases
  3. Introduction
  4. Marital exemption- origin and rationale
  5. Marital rape and laws in India
  6. Marital rape from family law aspect
  7. Marital rape vis-à-vis constitution of India
  8. Judicial stand
  9. Conclusion
  10. Bibliography

TABLE OF STATUTES

  i. The constitution of India.
  ii. The Dissolution of Muslim marriages act, 1939.
  iii. The Divorce act, 1869.
  iv. The Hindu marriage act, 1955.
  v. The Indian penal code, 1860.
  vi. The Parsi marriage and divorce act, 1936.
  vii. The Special marriage act, 1954

TABLE OF CASES
  i. Bodhisattwa Gautam v. Subhra Chakraborty, AIR 196 SC 922.
  ii. Sakshi v. Union of India, AIR 2004 (5) SCC 518.
  iii. State of West Bengal v. Anwar Ali Sarkar, AIR 1952 SC 75, 80.
  iv. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 597.
  v. Munn v. Illinois, 94 US 113 (1877).
  vi. Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India, AIR 1984 SC 802, 811.
  vii. Francis Corallie Muin v. Union Territory of Delhi, AIR 1981 SC 802.
  viii. The Chairman, Railway Board v. Chandrima Das¸ AIR 2000 SC 988.
  ix. Kharak Singh v. State of U.P., AIR 1963 SC 1295.
  x. Govind v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1975 SC 1378.
  xi. Neera Mathur v. LIC, (1992) 1 SCC 286.
  xii. Maharashtra v. Madhkar Narayan, AIR 1991 SC 207.
  xiii. Vishakha v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1997 SC 3011.
  xiv. CESC Ltd. v. Subhash Chandra, (1992) 1 SCC 441.
  xv. Regional Director, ESI Corpn. v. Francis de Costa, 1993 Supp (4) SCC 100.
  xvi. Ajay Hasia v. Khalid Mujib, AIR 1981 S 487.
  xvii. Queen Empress v. Haree Mythee, [(1891) ILR 18 Cal. 49].
  xviii. Emperor v. Shahu Mehrab, [AIR 1917 Sind 42].
  xix. Saretha v. T....