Citing National Crime Records Bureau data, MoS Women and Child Development Krishna Raj today said in Lok Sabha that cases related to rape by live-in partners or separated husbands in 2015 stand at around 700.
However, she reiterated the government stance against bringing marital rape under the law.
"The Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs presented its 167th Report on Criminal Law Amendment Bill, 2012 on March 1, 2013.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi had last year stoked a controversy when she said in Parliament that there cannot be a law against marital rape because marriage is a "sacrament".
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Section 375, which defines rape and deals with punishment for the crime, states that the rape law would not apply to assault or sexual intercourse by a husband on his wife who is above 15 years.
The UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women also recommended that the Indian government criminalise it.
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