of these countries do not have womenspecific remedies as available in indiaalso in most of these countries they have deterrence such as time frame within which a criminal complaint has to be filed and also require medical evidence to support the claim of rapecriminalising sexual acts in marriage will impact the family system and the social fabric of this country and is prone to gross misuse it should not be a numbers game which depends on how many other countries have declared it a criminal actneedless to state that india has its own unique problems due to various factors like illiteracy lack of financial empowerment of the majority of females mindset of society diversity poverty etc which should be considered carefully while dwelling upon this topicfurther criminal law is in the concurrent list and implemented by states which have vast diversity and varied cultures hence broadbased consensus is needed before forming a final opinion on this issuethe writer is a supreme court advocateviews are personal