KATHMANDU, Feb 1: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an order, seeking submission of High Court Patan's document relating to a marital rape case involving suspended district judge Bhuwan Giri.

Marriage is no license to rape

March 25, 2021 09:00 am

Sexual violence by intimate partner is largely unreported due to social stigma as well as the belief that forced sexual relation by a husband without the consent of the wife doesn’t constitute violence.

New law helping men file divorce cases

December 15, 2018 08:21 am

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Dec 15: Amid reports of growing number of men seeking divorce across the country after the new civil code came into effect, Sindhupalchowk has not remained an exception in this regard. In the last four months since the code came into effect, 19 men in the district have already filed for divorce. According to the court officials, the number is constantly on the rise.