SC Says Sex With Wife Of 15-18 Years Is Rape & Twitter Is Asking This One Simple Question

Nowadays, the judgements of the Supreme Court are not getting much public support and appreciation as they used to get earlier. The apex court created controversy first by banning the sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-NCR region and that too, just 10 days before the Hindu festival Diwali and now it has come up with a weird verdict.

As per the Supreme Court, if a person engages in a sexual intercourse with a minor wife (between the age of 15 and 18 yrs), he can be charged for criminal act and it would be considered as rape.

If we look at it with a view point of a decision which is protecting girls, then it is a good and welcoming one but the legal age of marriage for a girl is 18 in India, so even if a man gets married to a minor girl, the marriage is void or invalid from the very beginning (void ab initio) and it won’t be a case of marital rape.

This verdict has taken the micro-blogging site to storm and Twitterati expressed their dismay and inability to understand what the Supreme Court actually wants to convey.

Here are some selected reactions:

SC, are you reading?

https://twitter.com/kabhishek744/status/918030294422249472

Hilarious take:

https://twitter.com/rama_rajeswari/status/917379273647894529

Right!

Bizarre:

Which is a bigger crime?

Exactly:

There’s a point!

Can anyone answer?

Parents should be charged too:

The better option is to avoid child marriage:

https://twitter.com/imyogesh03/status/918018874959790080

What is your take over the matter? Let us know your views.