Exception to marital rape in BNS: Sends message that woman’s consent irrelevant, says TMC’s O’Brien
New Delhi, 12/2: The “archaic” exception provided to marital rape in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sends a dangerous message that a woman’s right to consent is irrelevant once she enters into a marriage, TMC leader Derek O’Brien said on Wednesday. The TMC’s parliamentary party leader in the Rajya Sabha, who last week introduced a…
