Adultery Ruling
-
{
- All
- News
- Videos
-
"Who's This Segal?" Supreme Court On Centre's Objection To DY Chandrachud's View On Adultery
Citing foreign articles and judgments quoted by former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in his verdict decriminalising adultery, the Centre said that "blanket reliance on international judgments is impermissible"
-
Woman Sues Husband For Defamation Over Adultery Charge. What Court Ruled
A Delhi Court has recently declined cognisance of a defamation complaint filed by a woman against her husband. The man had filed a divorce petition in Karnataka on the grounds of cruelty and adultery.
-
Adultery Laws Still Applicable In Armed Forces, Clarifies Supreme Court
Observing that military discipline will be affected if there is an army with "completely loose morals", the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts.
-
Armed Forces Can Act Against Their Officers For Adultery: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today ruled that armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts, as it clarified the landmark 2018 judgement that decriminalised adultery.
-
Adultery No Ground For Action Against Government Employees: High Court
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.
-
Adultery Can Be Result, May Not Be Cause Of Unhappy Marriage: Top Court
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
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
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.
-
Cop Locked In Bedroom By Angry Husband In Rare Case Of Jail For Adultery
Adultery is no longer a crime, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old adultery law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband's permission had committed adultery, a crime ca...
-
"Matter Of Privacy": Key Points In Supreme Court's Adultery Ruling
Adultery is not a crime anymore in India, but it can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today. In past hearings, the Supreme Court had asked the centre how the 158-year-old law preserved the sanctity of marriage when the extramarital affair becomes non-punishable if the woman's husband stands by her. The government has defended the law,...
-
"Who's This Segal?" Supreme Court On Centre's Objection To DY Chandrachud's View On Adultery
Citing foreign articles and judgments quoted by former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in his verdict decriminalising adultery, the Centre said that "blanket reliance on international judgments is impermissible"
-
Woman Sues Husband For Defamation Over Adultery Charge. What Court Ruled
A Delhi Court has recently declined cognisance of a defamation complaint filed by a woman against her husband. The man had filed a divorce petition in Karnataka on the grounds of cruelty and adultery.
-
Adultery Laws Still Applicable In Armed Forces, Clarifies Supreme Court
Observing that military discipline will be affected if there is an army with "completely loose morals", the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts.
-
Armed Forces Can Act Against Their Officers For Adultery: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today ruled that armed forces can take action against their officers for adulterous acts, as it clarified the landmark 2018 judgement that decriminalised adultery.
-
Adultery No Ground For Action Against Government Employees: High Court
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.
-
Adultery Can Be Result, May Not Be Cause Of Unhappy Marriage: Top Court
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
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
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.
-
Cop Locked In Bedroom By Angry Husband In Rare Case Of Jail For Adultery
Adultery is no longer a crime, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old adultery law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband's permission had committed adultery, a crime ca...
-
"Matter Of Privacy": Key Points In Supreme Court's Adultery Ruling
Adultery is not a crime anymore in India, but it can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today. In past hearings, the Supreme Court had asked the centre how the 158-year-old law preserved the sanctity of marriage when the extramarital affair becomes non-punishable if the woman's husband stands by her. The government has defended the law,...
