The Supreme Court examines whether removing immunity for husbands in marital rape cases would create a new offense, sparking a national debate on legal reform.

A three-judge bench presided by CJI D Y Chandrachud and comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra began hearing petitions challenging the exception clause of Section 375 of the IPC, now BNS, under which sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife,

If we strike down the marital rape exception, those acts will fall within the category of offences. Will we be creating a new offence, the court asked

The Supreme Court on Friday lifted the stay imposed by Punjab and Haryana High Court on proceedings against jailed Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in three interlinked Bargari Sacrilege of 2015.