THE Kerala High Court has held that “marital rape” is a good ground to claim divorce even though the penal law does not recognise it. “Merely for the reason that the law does not recognise marital rape under penal law, it does not inhibit the court from recognizing the same as a form of cruelty to grant divorce. We, therefore, are of the view that marital rape is a good ground to claim divorce”, said a bench of Justices A.Muhamed … Continue reading Marital rape a good ground for divorce: Kerala HC