CJI Chandrachud will retire on November 10, 2024 and may be replaced by Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
Marital Rape Case; CJI Chandrachud postponed hearing for 4 weeks News In Hindi: According to the report of legal news website Live Law, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the marital rape case for four weeks. He said the bench was unable to complete the case before his retirement.
CJI Chandrachud will retire on November 10, 2024 and may be replaced by Justice Sanjiv Khanna. DY Chandrachud has formally recommended the name of Justice Khanna. The Central Government has not yet approved this recommendation.
Noting that the Supreme Court bench headed by him would not be able to complete the case before his retirement, Chief Justice Chandrachud said the hearing in the marital rape case would be adjourned for four weeks.
The petitions seeking criminalization of marital rape cases were heard by a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra. The matter was taken up on October 17 and senior advocate Gopal Sanjaranarayanan said he needed at least a day to present his case. The hearing of the case is not likely to be completed before November 10. Senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi (for the State of Maharashtra) and senior advocate Indira Jaising (for the respondent-wife) also sought a day to present their case.
Keeping in mind the time sought by all parties to submit arguments and the upcoming Diwali holidays, Chief Justice Chandrachud said it would be difficult to complete the case before his retirement and adjourned the hearing of the case for four weeks. .
Marital Rape Case: What Does the Law Say?
According to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Indian Judicial Code (BNS), if a husband forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sexual intercourse with him, he is exempted from prosecution for the offense of rape. She goes.
Under the exception clause of Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code, which has now been replaced by the BNS, sexual intercourse or sexual act by a man with his wife, unless the wife is a minor, is not rape.
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