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27 Sep 2018

If adultery causes abetment to suicide then it's a crime: Supreme Court

Abetment to suicide pertains to Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

27 Sep 2018

Section 497 based on women as chattel: 10 key SC observations on Adultery law

CJI Dipak Misra and Justice Khanwilkar said: "We declare Section 497 IPC and Section 198 of CrPC dealing with prosecution of offences against marriage as unconstitutional".

27 Sep 2018

Adultery law unconstitutional, rules SC: What Section 497 IPC said

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Thursday said that mere adultery can't be a crime unless it attracts abetment to suicide.

26 Sep 2018

Is adultery law anti-women? SC to decide on Thursday

Section 497 of the 158-year-old Indian Penal Code deals with adultery.

08 Aug 2018

SC reserves verdict on PIL seeking scrapping of Section 497

The top court questioned the government's stand defending the adultery law that punishes the married men while absolving the married women who are involved in relationships outside marriage.

02 Aug 2018

Both men and women have to be equally responsible: CJI on adultery law

The SC is hearing pleas seeking quashing of the adultery provision in the IPC on the ground that it only punishes married men for having extra-martial sexual relations with a married woman.

11 Jul 2018

'Adultery should remain punishable to protect sanctity of marriages'

Adultery under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was enacted to safeguard the sanctity of marriage and diluting it would be detrimental to matrimonial bond.

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