Delhi high court has delivered a split verdict on the criminalisation of the 'marital rape' issue. Justice Rajiv Shakdher held Exception 2 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, which exempts the husband from the offence of rape for forcible sex with his wife, as unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Justice Hari Shankar said he disagreed with Justice Shakdher and held that Exception 2 to IPC Section 375 does not violate the Constitution. Under the exception given in IPC Section 375, sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being minor, is not rape. The judges have granted a certificate to appeal to Supreme Court, saying substantial questions of law are involved in the matter.