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"The institution of marriage does not confer, cannot confer and in my considered view, should not be construed to confer, any special male privilege or a license for unleashing of a brutal beast," the court said.
Notably, the Court has delinked the instant petition from the batch of pleas filed before the Court seeking criminalization of marital rape.
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The high court made the observation while hearing of a batch of pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape.
The Delhi High Court Wednesday said there was an anomaly and misalignment in the erstwhile Section 377 of the IPC and the rape law that protects a husband from prosecution for a non-consensual prosecution for a non-consensual sexual act.