Why Nepal’s Supreme Court new judgement is disturbing for the women community in country?
Posted in News3 mn readNepal’s Supreme Court recently passed a judgement that disturbed all the women in country. In a landmark verdict Supreme Court ruled that sexual intercourse with a minor girl cannot constitute rape if a boy and a girl wed and have sexual intercourse considering it as a biological need between husband and wife. Decision was announced after a petition was filed by Santosh Kumar Yadav, resident of Saptari district on November 14. The court released full text recently that briefly explained, if a boy marries a girl below the age of 20, the boy and girl live as a husband and wife, then the relationship should not constitute rape but the case should only be of a child marriage. Division bench of justices Anil Kumar Sinha and Kumar Chudal passed the sentence.
