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[1] Anusha Agarwal,” Only 36 Countries Have Not Criminalized Marital Rape, India is one of them, The LEAFLET, November 2,2022

[2] Parvati Benu, “Marital Rape: Most married women are sexually abused by their husbands”, The Hindu Business Line, May 16, 2022

[3] The Indian Penal Code,1860 (Act 45 of 1860) s.375

[4] Kersti Yllo, Gabrielle M. Torres, “Marital Rape: Consent, Marriage, and Social Change in a Global Context” 345 (Oxford University Press, United States of America, 2016)

[5] Supra note 4, s.498A

[6] Jus. J.S Verma, “Report of the Committee on Amendment to Criminal Law” (January 2013)

[7] Rajya Sabha Debates on 29th April ,2015 available at: https://mha.gov.in/MHA1/Par2017/pdfs/par2015- pdfs/rs-290415/656.pdf

[8] Sir Matthew Hale, Historia plectrum coronae The History of the Pleas of the Crown 67 (Original Manuscripts, London 1800)

[9] Jill Elaine Hasday, “Contest and Consent: A Legal History of Marital Rape” 88 California Law Review 1373(2000)

[10] Monica Steiner, “Marital Rape Laws”, Criminal Defense Lawyer, 25 Sep 2022, available at

: https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/marital-rape-laws.html

[11] Ibid.

[12] Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017) 10 SCC 800

[13] Ibid.

[14] Ibid.

[15] P.S Goopikrishnan Unnithan, “Kerela High Court: Marital Rape Sufficient Ground for Divorce”, India Today,21 August 2021

[16] Hrishikesh Shahoo v. State of Karnataka & Ors. SLP(Crl)4063/2022

[17] Ibid.

[18] RIT Foundation v. Union of India 2022 SCC Online Del 1404

[19] Ibid

[20] Ibid