Supreme Court decision: Adultery is no longer a criminal affair
On Thursday, the Supreme Court declared that the 158-year old Section 497 of the IPC is unconstitutional. As a result, adultery is no longer a criminal affair. The old law punished a married man for the offence of adultery if he had sexual relationships with a married woman. “without the consent or connivance of her husband.” The Supreme Court added that adultery could still continue to be a ground for divorce. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices R F Nariman, A M Kanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and…
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