New Delhi: Sex with a wife below 18 is rape, the Supreme Court said today, ending an exception in the law for men married to girls who are above 15 despite the ban on child marriage.
“If a man has sexual intercourse with a wife who is below 18 years, it is an offence. The minor wife can complain against the husband within one year,” said the Court, declaring that lowering the legal age for sex to 15 if the girl is married is unconstitutional.






