domestic violence in Delhi’s Saket court. Further, it can be witnessed in this case that even the mother of the
victim is not supporting her daughter for her claim. Hence, her husband is not to be blamed alone, it is the
elder of the family who is equally responsible for her condition. There are instances where the women were
subject to rape as the recent Nirbhaya rape case, wherein the perpetrators though got punished for the heinous
crime committed by them. But this raised a very concerning issue as to the women who were raped by their
own husband i.e. having intercourse with them forcefully without their consent, what remedies can they avail
or whether those victims have any recourse against their own husband in the court of law? The media coverage
of the issues of women being raped in the society though attain some sympathy in the public sphere but when
Rashmi was raped by her own husband, (the only man who was her support in every situation) where were the
exclusive footage of such heinous crime or rather the question to ask at this juncture is whether mar