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Imogen Calderwood // India Rules Sex With a Child Bride Is Always Rape in a Massive Win for Girls’ Rights

8.4.18

India Rules Sex With a Child Bride Is Always Rape in a Massive Win for Girls’ Rights:

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Wednesday closed a legal loophole that has historically allowed perpetrators of rape to escape punishment.

While the age of consent in India is 18, there was a clause in India’s rape laws that lowered the age of consent to 15 if the girl was married.

But the court has now ruled that the clause is “discriminatory, capricious, and arbitrary”, and “violates the bodily integrity of the girl child”.

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