Indian court makes intercourse with minor wife illegal

The Indian Supreme Court has said that intercourse with a minor wife will amount to rape.

While child marriage in India is illegal, the Indian law provides protection to a husband who has intercourse with a minor wife.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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