Adultery

After Backlash, Sultan Of Brunei Rolls Back Death Penalty For Gay Sex

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 6, 2019

Brunei's sultan has announced death by stoning for gay sex and adultery will not be enforced after a global backlash, but critics today called for harsh sharia laws to be abandoned entirely. gay sex death

New Sharia Laws: Brunei Sultan Calls For "Stronger" Islamic Teachings

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 3, 2019

Brunei's sultan called for Islamic teachings in the country to be strengthened as strict new sharia punishments, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, were due to come into force on Wednesday.

"Brunei Becoming Southeast Asia's Saudi Arabia": Outcry Over Sharia Laws

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 2, 2019

Brunei's imposition of harsh sharia laws, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, is a bid by the country's ruler to boost support among conservatives and highlights a steady drift away from the West, observers say.

UN Slams 'Inhuman' Brunei Law On Stoning For Adultery, Gay Sex

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday April 1, 2019

The United Nations decried Monday new "cruel and inhuman" laws set to take effect in Brunei this week which impose death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, and amputations for theft.

Brunei To Punish Gay Sex And Adultery With Death By Stoning

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday March 29, 2019

Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning from next week, authorities said, under a strict Sharia law that has been on hold for four years amid heavy criticism.

Adultery No Ground For Action Against Government Employees: High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 17, 2019

The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the state government cannot begin departmental proceedings against any government employee for being involved in an extramarital relationship.

Won't Allow Gay Sex In The Army, Says Chief General Rawat

India News | Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday January 10, 2019

Gay sex will not be allowed in the Indian Army, its chief General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday when asked to comment on the Supreme Court decriminalizing homosexuality.

"Why Target Triple Talaq But Support Homosexuality?": Asaduddin Owaisi To Centre

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday December 28, 2018

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi today questioned the logic behind the government curbing the practice of Triple Talaq while supporting the "decriminalisation" of homosexuality. He termed it as an attack on the rights conferred upon Muslims by the constitution.

Blog: How The CBI Big Fight Started: The Inside Story

Blog | Sunetra Choudhury | Friday October 26, 2018

2018 could be the year of the Supreme Court clean-up. It banished antiquated laws that criminalised homosexuality and adultery, but to really seal its position this year, our top court has a really dirty job in its yard - the mess that is the CBI or Central Bureau of Investigation.

Mother-In-Law Allegedly Burns Woman's Hands Accusing Her Of Adultery

Cities | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Friday October 26, 2018

The woman's mother-in-law decided to take her "agni-pariksha" - an ancient ritual of trial by fire - and allegedly put a burning log of firewood on her palms.

"Can't Keep Women Away From Temple": Dipak Misra On Sabarimala Verdict

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 5, 2018

Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, who headed the benches that delivered a series of judgements on important issues including the criminalisation of politics, adultery, homosexuality, lynching and Sabarimala temple, said on Friday that an individual cannot be bereft of the idea of constitutional morality.

Sabarimala Latest In Burst Of Progressive Verdicts, Says Foreign Media

India News | Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post | Friday September 28, 2018

In a burst of progressive activism, India's Supreme Court in September delivered a slew of judgments that overturned colonial era laws and questioned government overreach. In the past month, the country's top court legalized homosexuality, decriminalized adultery and clipped the scope of a government biometric program, bowing to demands from privac...

Adultery Can Be Result, May Not Be Cause Of Unhappy Marriage: Top Court

India News | ANI | Friday September 28, 2018

The Supreme Court, while striking down the law on adultery on Thursday, said that treating it as an offence would tantamount to punishing people who are unhappy in marital relationships.

What Equality? Women Superior To Men, Uma Bharti Says On Adultery Ruling

India News | Edited By Abhimanyu Bose | Friday September 28, 2018

On a day the Supreme Court declared adultery is no longer a crime in India and said women cannot be treated as "chattel", union minister Uma Bharti claimed equal rights is a western concept and that in India women have been considered superior to men.

Adultery Law Strips Woman Of Sexual Autonomy: Justice Chandrachud

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 27, 2018

The colonial-era law criminalising adultery strips women of their "sexual autonomy" and treats them as a "chattel" and "property" of their husbands, the Supreme Court ruled today while holding the provision as unconstitutional.