NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response of the Centre on a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala asked the Union government to file its response on the issue by February 15 and the final hearing on the pleas would commence from March 21.
One of pleas has been filed in relation to the Delhi high court's split verdict on the issue.This appeal has been filed by Khushboo Saifi, one of the petitioners before the Delhi high court.