{"id":266744,"date":"2022-05-11T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=266744"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:21:58","slug":"marital-rape-wife-sexualintercourse-delhi-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/05\/11\/marital-rape-wife-sexualintercourse-delhi-high-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Marital Rape will be criminalised or not? 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