🔆The Marital Rape Exception: A Contentious Issue :
✅The Exception: The Marital Rape Exception (MRE) in India allows husbands to have sexual intercourse with their wives without their consent, regardless of whether the wife is above or below the age of eighteen. This provision is under challenge before the Supreme Court.
✅The Centre's Stance: The Centre has filed an affidavit in support of the MRE, arguing that the differential treatment of married and unmarried women is justified by the "continuing expectation of reasonable sexual access" within marriage.
Key Arguments: The Centre's arguments include:
✅ The expectation of sexual access is unique to marriage.
✅ The MRE does not violate the right to equality.
✅ The MRE is a matter of legislative competence.
✅ Recognizing marital rape would harm the institution of marriage.
✅ False allegations of marital rape would be difficult to disprove.
✅Criticisms: Critics argue that the Centre's arguments are flawed and do not justify the MRE. They contend that:
✅ The expectation of sexual access is not unique to marriage.
✅ The MRE violates the right to equality and dignity of women.
✅ The MRE is a matter of judicial review.
✅ The MRE does not protect the institution of marriage.
✅ False allegations can be addressed through the criminal justice system.
Prelims Question: What is the Marital Rape Exception in India?
Mains Question: Analyze the arguments for and against the Marital Rape Exception and discuss its constitutional validity.
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✅The Exception: The Marital Rape Exception (MRE) in India allows husbands to have sexual intercourse with their wives without their consent, regardless of whether the wife is above or below the age of eighteen. This provision is under challenge before the Supreme Court.
✅The Centre's Stance: The Centre has filed an affidavit in support of the MRE, arguing that the differential treatment of married and unmarried women is justified by the "continuing expectation of reasonable sexual access" within marriage.
Key Arguments: The Centre's arguments include:
✅ The expectation of sexual access is unique to marriage.
✅ The MRE does not violate the right to equality.
✅ The MRE is a matter of legislative competence.
✅ Recognizing marital rape would harm the institution of marriage.
✅ False allegations of marital rape would be difficult to disprove.
✅Criticisms: Critics argue that the Centre's arguments are flawed and do not justify the MRE. They contend that:
✅ The expectation of sexual access is not unique to marriage.
✅ The MRE violates the right to equality and dignity of women.
✅ The MRE is a matter of judicial review.
✅ The MRE does not protect the institution of marriage.
✅ False allegations can be addressed through the criminal justice system.
Prelims Question: What is the Marital Rape Exception in India?
Mains Question: Analyze the arguments for and against the Marital Rape Exception and discuss its constitutional validity.
#polity_governance
#social_issues
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🔆Chagos Islands
✅Britain has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a group of over 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.
✅This deal ensures the future of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island, with its status now undisputed and legally secure for the first time in over 50 years.
✅The Chagos Archipelago is located in the central Indian Ocean, about 500 kilometers south of the Maldives and roughly 1,600 kilometers southwest of India.
The Chagos archipelago comprises of 58 islands, with Diego Garcia being the largest and most significant.
📍Significance of Chagos
✅Geostrategic Location: The archipelago's location in the central Indian Ocean makes it strategically valuable for monitoring major shipping lanes, ensuring security in the region, and projecting military power across a wide area.
✅UK-US Military Base: Diego Garcia, the largest island, hosts a major UK-US military base, which is crucial for operations in the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
✅Britain has agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, a group of over 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.
✅This deal ensures the future of the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island, with its status now undisputed and legally secure for the first time in over 50 years.
✅The Chagos Archipelago is located in the central Indian Ocean, about 500 kilometers south of the Maldives and roughly 1,600 kilometers southwest of India.
The Chagos archipelago comprises of 58 islands, with Diego Garcia being the largest and most significant.
📍Significance of Chagos
✅Geostrategic Location: The archipelago's location in the central Indian Ocean makes it strategically valuable for monitoring major shipping lanes, ensuring security in the region, and projecting military power across a wide area.
✅UK-US Military Base: Diego Garcia, the largest island, hosts a major UK-US military base, which is crucial for operations in the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions.
🔘Greater One Horned Rhino
▪️One Horned Rhino also known as Indian Rhino is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
▪️The Habitat of this species is restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam.
▪️IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
▪️CITES: Appendix I
▪️Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I
▪️New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019: Under the declaration, India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, and Malaysia for conservation and protection of three Asian rhino species-
▪️Greater one-horned rhinoceros,
▪️Javan rhinoceros( listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List) and
▪️Sumatran rhinoceros (listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List).
▪️One Horned Rhino also known as Indian Rhino is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
▪️The Habitat of this species is restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam.
▪️IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
▪️CITES: Appendix I
▪️Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I
▪️New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019: Under the declaration, India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, and Malaysia for conservation and protection of three Asian rhino species-
▪️Greater one-horned rhinoceros,
▪️Javan rhinoceros( listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List) and
▪️Sumatran rhinoceros (listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List).