Bangladesh High Court questions legal provisions that legalise ‘marital rape’

The Bangladesh High Court has questioned legal provisions that bar married women from seeking justice for rape by their husbands asking why it should not order the government to nullify the sections of the law

Nov 04, 2020
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The Bangladesh High Court has questioned legal provisions that bar married women from seeking justice for rape by their husbands asking why it should not order the government to nullify the sections of the law.

Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Mohi Uddin Shamim issued a rule on Tuesday, ordering the law secretary, the women and children’s affairs secretary and the home secretary to respond.

The judges issued the rule after hearing a writ petition by Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust or BLAST, BRAC, Naripokkho and Manusher Jonno Foundation. The petitioners challenged sections 375 and 376 of the Bangladesh Penal Code and section 9 (1) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

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