This article, originally published by Ashlin Mathew in National Herald, quotes our Executive Director, Mangla Verma. You can access the full article here.
Mangla Verma, a lawyer and founder of Part III Action Research & Resource Centre, notes that sexual violence within marriage often goes unreported owing to the stigma attached to it. “Under current Indian laws, including the new provisions in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, marital rape is still an exception and not criminalised. Even the Domestic Violence Act only provides civil remedies such as residence orders and compensation, rather than recognising sexual violence within marriage as a crime,” she explains.
