Shashi Tharoor Introduces Landmark Bill to Criminalize Marital Rape in India: Championing Women's Constitutional Rights

Dec 06, 2025 02:46 am CST

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has introduced a significant private member's bill in the Lok Sabha to criminalize marital rape in India, arguing that marriage cannot negate a woman's right to consent. The bill seeks to amend the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to eliminate the marital rape exception, emphasizing that women deserve fundamental rights to bodily autonomy and dignity within marriage. Tharoor also presented two additional bills addressing state reorganization and workplace conditions.