Not considered a crime: In India, a court refused to hear a woman's complaint of rape by her husband

This is reported by CNN.

The woman claimed that her husband repeatedly forced her to have "unnatural sex". If the woman tells anyone about it, the man threatened divorce. But the woman did share it with her mother, who advised her to file a complaint.

The man in turn decided to challenge the complaint. The court took his side, because in India the law does not prohibit sexual abuse of an adult woman who is married. This part of the law was also pointed out by the judge who delivered the judgement.

When the rape involves insertion of penis into the mouth, urethra or anus of a woman and if the act is committed with a wife who is under fifteen years of age, the consent of the wife becomes immaterial.... So far, marital rape has not been recognised," the judge said.

In addition, the woman blamed the psychological and physical harassment on her in-laws, who felt that she had "failed to fulfil the dowry requirement".

It is noted that these cases have once again raised the issue of attitudes towards women in India, the problem of violence. Activists have been trying for several years to change the law regarding violence against women in marriage. However, conservatives believe that "will destroy the tradition of marriage in India".