Adultery verdict in Supreme Court Live Updates: The law only provides that only a man and not a married woman be punished for the crime of adultery. Adultery verdict in Supreme Court Live Updates: ...
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery, saying it was manifestly arbitrary and dents the individuality of women. A five-judge Constitution bench was ...
The Supreme Court of India (SC) on September 27 ruled that adultery cannot be a criminal offence. The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said that the beauty of the ...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the 158-year-old anti-adultery law, saying it was unconstitutional as it dented the individuality of women and treated them as “chattel of husbands”. The apex ...
New Delhi, Aug 1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave indications towards not making adultery a gender-neutral crime. Moreover, it said it will rather examine whether Section 497 of the Indian Penal ...
A petition against the Section 497 was filed in 2017 and the matter came up for hearing at the Supreme Court in December 2017. The Supreme Court will today decide on pleas that have demanded that ...
A five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, in four separate but concurring opinions on Thursday held that adultery is not a crime and struck it off the Indian Penal ...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday declared section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) dealing with adultery is unconstitutional and that it cannot be treated as a criminal offence and cannot be the ...
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