Supreme Court says Sex with wife below 18 is rape

New Delhi, October 11: Nowadays we are seeing so many rape cases across the country, Nirbhaya act is implemented but Some of the people are doing the same mistake again.

Here Supreme Court has given sensational comments on Rape cases. The court said that sex with wife below 18 years of age is rape, striking down the provision of criminal law that permitted sex with a wife aged between 15 and 18.

A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur had on September 6 reserved its order on the plea while questioning the Centre how Parliament could create an exception in law declaring that intercourse or a sexual act by a man with his wife, aged between 15 and less than 18 years, is not rape when the age of consent is 18.



The court, however, made it clear that it was not saying anything on the larger issue of marital rape even though the verdict would have a prospective effect on that.

Rape and child marriage laws of India disagree on the age of consent. Section 375 of the Indian Panel says sex with a girl less than 18 is rape but it makes an exception allowing sex with a wife who is 15 or above, saying it is not rape even if it is without her consent.