India outlaws marital sex with minors in bid to protect child brides - CNN
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Summary:
"India's Supreme Court has struck down a legal clause that allowed men to engage in non-consensual marital sex with girls as young as 15.
Wednesday's landmark decision, which coincided with International Day of the Girl Child, also raised the age of consent for all women to 18.
"In our opinion sexual intercourse with a girl below 18 years of age is rape regardless of whether she is married or not," read the ruling...."