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).
Sep 27, 2018, 12:45 PM IST
Section 497 based on women as chattel: 10 key SC observations on scrapping 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".
Sep 27, 2018, 11:57 AM IST
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.
Sep 27, 2018, 11:09 AM IST
Is adultery law anti-women? SC to decide on Thursday
Section 497 of the 158-year-old Indian Penal Code deals with adultery.
Sep 26, 2018, 23:11 PM IST
SC reserves verdict on PIL seeking scrapping of Section 497, questions govt's stand on adultery laws
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.
Aug 08, 2018, 16:50 PM IST
Both men and women have to be equally responsible: CJI during hearing 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.
Aug 02, 2018, 13:51 PM IST
Adultery should be punishable to protect sanctity of marriages, Centre to SC
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.
Jul 11, 2018, 16:25 PM IST
