Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on September 22 agreed to list by mid-October a series of petitions seeking the criminalisation of marital rape.
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“We will list it sometime in mid-October after the Constitution Bench hearings,” Chief Justice Chandrachud addressed senior advocate Indira Jaising and advocate Karuna Nundy, who jointly mentioned the case for urgent listing.