Sex with minor wife is rape: Indian Supreme Court

Sex with a minor amounts to rape even if the couple are married, India's top court ruled on Wednesday, closing a legal loophole that had allowed some perpetrators to escape punishment. The age of consent and thus, the legal age for girls to marry in India is 18, but millions of children are made to do so when they are much younger, particularly in poor rural areas. India's rape laws specifically ...

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