Uncertain PrecedentIf Promise to Marry Was Made in ‘Good Faith’ Before a Couple Had Sex, Not Fulfilling the Promise Isn’t Rape: SCThe Court distinguished between a false promise of marriage and one made in good faith but not fulfilled — but the law tells a sobering story of patriarchy in India.
False Promises No MoreMan Faces Criminal Charges for Refusing to Marry After Sex Due to Woman’s Caste Identity
One Step For HumankindMarital Rape Is a Valid Ground for Claiming Divorce, Kerala HC Says in Landmark JudgmentEven if the “law does not recognize marital rape under penal law, it does not inhibit the court from recognizing the same as a form of cruelty,” the bench said.
