Women's Rights

Current Affairs for Week 37 of 2026

1. Supreme Court says the legislature must decide on marital rape

   A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant held on 9 September that while it recognised the individual autonomy of married women, courts cannot direct rape prosecutions against husbands while both the Indian Penal Code and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita exempt marital rape from criminal liability.

   Source: The Hindu