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7 Baku St. U.L. Rev. 48 (2021)
Marital Rape in India: Judicially Sanctioned Human Rights Violations and the Dehumanization of Women in the Biggest Democracy of the World

handle is hein.journals/bakustulr7 and id is 55 raw text is: Baku State University Law Review Rajesh Mathew* MARITAL RAPE IN INDIA: JUDICIALLY SANCTIONED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THE DEHUMANIZATION OF WOMEN IN THE BIGGEST DEMOCRACY OF THE WORLD Abstract India, the largest democracy in the world, is a modern-day nation that considers marital rape not to be a crime. Not only is not a crime, but it is also a judicially sanctioned form of sexual abuse many Indian women suffer from, sometimes daily, without any possible recourse from the law. This paper will examine the legal position of the Government of India as well as the judicial system in India hold with respect to marital rape. The marital rape exception clause in the Indian Penal Code is unlawful and unconstitutional and creates an unreasonable arbitrary distinction between married women and unmarried women in India. The marital rape immunity, as it currently exists in the law books of India, violates Indian domestic law, constitutional law, as well as India's international treaty obligations and must be abolished. In making this case, I will examine several articles of the Indian Penal Code, several articles of the Constitution of India, Indian Supreme Court decisions examining marital rape, and India's international obligations under various conventions India is a signatory to, arguing that India is illegally and unconstitutionally suppressing the rights of women as it pertains to marital rape, thereby denying women justified recourse in violation of domestic as well as international law. Through silence, the judiciary in India recognizes and authorizes marital rape by Indian men, thus legitimizing this particular form of violence against women, simply because they are women and their status exist within society. However, a deeper analysis of the Indian Penal Code, the Constitution of India as well as Indian Supreme Court decisions shows that the marital rape exception clause has lost its legal legitimacy. The State of India must take several steps to ensure the real and transformative change in a society that battles a significant human rights problem with the marital rape exception clause. Annotasiya Dunyann an boyuk demokratiyasi olan Hindistan aila tacavuzunu cinayat hesab etmayan muasir bir xalqdir. Bu nainki yalniz cinayatdir, hamginin aksar hindistanh qadcmn qanunla heg bir muraciat olmadan har gun aziyyat gakdiyi va mahkama tarafindan icaza verilan cinsi tacavuz novudur. Bu maqalada Hindistan hokumatinin, elaca da Hindistandaki mahkama sisteminin aila tacavuzu ila bagli huquqi movqeyi arasdirilacaq. Hindistan Cinayat Macallasindaki aila tacavuzunu istisna edan madda qeyri-qanunidir va konstitusiyaya ziddir va Hindistanda evli qadcnlarla subay qadmlar arasinda asassiz bir 5zbagma farq yaradir. Hal-hazirda Hindistanm huquq kitablarmda movcud olan aila tacavuzu toxunulmazligi, Hindistann daxili qanunlarin, konstitusiya qanunlarmi, elaca da Hindistanm beynalxalq muqavila 5hdaliklarini pozur va lagv edilmalidir. Hindistanm qeyri-qanuni va konstitusiyaya zidd olaraq qadin huquqlarim basdirmasin, bununla da milli va beynalxalq huquqa zidd akilda qadmlarm haqh muraciatlarini inkar etmasini iddia edarak Hindistan * B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M. Lawyer for the United States Air Force. 48 Volume 7:1

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