This is first time that the government has on record opposed the striking down of the decades-old issue of marital rape exception in Indian law. It's stance brings back a one important question— Why is India yet to criminalise marital rape?

India's government is urging the Supreme Court to reject efforts to update a 160-year-old rape law, arguing it could disrupt "the institution of marriage."

While some high courts have said marital rape should be criminalised, the central government maintains that it shouldn't. What does it say about "Indi

Entering a marriage, a woman gives "implied" consent for sex with her husband, India's government told the country's Supreme Court on Thursday as it faces off against challengers to a 164-year-old law.