Supreme Court to schedule marital rape hearing after Centre responds

Senior advocate Indira Jaising has urged a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant to list marital rape petitions for hearing in November. The bench is awaiting the Centre's response before fixing a date for the proceedings.

The Supreme Court has been considering multiple petitions challenging the marital rape exception under Indian law, which currently exempts husbands from rape charges for non-consensual intercourse with their wives.