RIT Foundation vs Union of India

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JUDGMENT

Rajiv Shakdher, J.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Particulars	Page no.
Preface	4
Arguments against striking down the impugned provisions	8
Arguments advanced for striking down the impugned provisions	33
Submissions advanced by Amicus Curiae	62
Analysis and Reasons	79
I. Brief History of Rape Law	79
II. Separation of Powers	89
III. Judicial Restraint	95
IV. Ambit of Section 375 of IPC	99
V. In defence of MRE	105
V(i) Constitutional viability of classification between married and unmarried women in the context of Article 14.	106
V(ii) Relationship-centric provisions in the IPC	113
V(iii) A married woman can take recourse to other remedies	115
V(iv) Conjugal expectation	117
V(v) Non-consensual sexual intercourse is not labelled as "rape" to save the institution of marriage.	118
V(vi) Lodgement of false cases	120
V(vii) Invasion of Private Space	123
V(viia) Gathering evidentiary material would be difficult	124
V(viii) New offence	126
VI. MRE violates Article 21 of the Constitution	133
VII. MRE violates Articles 15 and 19(1)(a) of the Constitution	139
VIII. Separated husbands	140
IX. Presumption of Constitutionality of Pre-Constitutional Statutes	143
X. Reliance on Decisions of Foreign Courts & International Covenants & Conventions	146
XI.