Challenging the Marital-Consent Fiction: India's Fragmented Response to the Marital Rape Exception

This piece critiques the marital rape exception in Indian law, and argues that this colonial-era loophole survives despite modern constitutional protections for bodily autonomy and dignity. Beyond criminal statutes, the source identifies a sex-consent matrix in family law that views marriage as a site of sexual entitlement rather than a relationship of equals. Consequently, the authors advocate for a dual reform approach that involves striking down the legal exception and restructuring marriage laws to prioritize continuous consent.

Jwalika Balaji, Mandar Prakhar

February 23, 2026
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NLSIR On Line #7: A Conversation with Dr. Nivedita Menon on Higher Educational Institutions and Student Politics and the Law

February 9, 2026
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The Three Judgments That Matter for AI and Copyright

Akshat Agrawal

February 5, 2026
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Bridging Innovation And Competition: The Cross-Licensing Dilemma In India’s Digital Economy

Aayush Khanna, Shatrupa Sharma

January 19, 2026
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The Right to Breathe as a Constitutional ‘Essential’

Lianne Lucia D'Souza

December 30, 2025
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The Elusive Meaning of ‘Person Claiming Through or Under a Party’: Contractual v. Statutory Privity

Chiranth Mukunda

December 12, 2025
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Parity in Criminality: A Case Against Distinction in Criminalising the Consumption of CSEAM and NCII

Rishit Jain

November 10, 2025
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Regrettable or Fatal? Arbitrator Non-Disclosure Before the Delhi High Court

Viraj Thakur, Nida Adeel Mohammed

October 13, 2025
  • Arbitration

The Arbitrator You Didn’t Choose: Party Equality and Joinder in Adavya Projects

Saarthak Agarwal, Praveen Kumar Yadav

October 8, 2025
  • Constitutional Law
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Thickening the “Chill”: Expanding the Chilling Effect Doctrine through Kunal Kamra v Union of India

Arnav Mathur

October 2, 2025
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Diluting Security: Part of the IBC’s Wise Design to Break Contracts

Yash Sinha

August 27, 2025
  • Arbitration
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Attributing Personal Liability to Drafters: A Doctrinal Incompatibility

Shubhankar Sharan, Arima Kaushal

August 22, 2025
  • Environmental Law

Environmental Impact Assessment & Solar Energy Projects in India: Solutions creating the same problems.

Chhaya Bhardwaj, Saksham Misra

July 28, 2025
  • Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis

Two Avenues for Loss and Damage

Anirudh Sridhar

June 23, 2025
  • Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis

From Prior to Post: A Shift to the Polluter Pays Principle Through Environmental Clearances

Ashwin Murthy

June 22, 2025
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NLSIR On Line#6: A Conversation with Arpitha Kodiveri on Governing Forests

June 20, 2025
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Rivers in the Court: Legal Personhood and Nature’s Right in India

Rahul Ranjan

June 19, 2025
  • Special Series: Courting the Climate Crisis

Courting the Climate Crisis: Legal Engagements with Climate Politics in India

June 17, 2025
  • Environmental Law

Orans and The Ongoing Colonisation of Commons through Forest Law: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Supreme Court’s order in T.N. Godavarman

Raghav Srivastava

June 16, 2025
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Respite To Operational Creditors by Inclusion of Solvent Entities in Group Insolvency

Debarchita Pradhan

June 2, 2025
  • Administrative Law

The Perils of Unlimited Review: Scrutinising The Court’s Suo Moto Power Over Delegated Legislation

Anshul Dalmia

May 23, 2025