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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.
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Activists Welcome Supreme Court's Verdict On Adultery Law
The Supreme Court verdict declaring that adultery is not a crime has been widely welcomed by several lawyers and activists who said it was antiquated colonial era law that treated women as properties of their husbands.
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Adultery Is Not A Crime, Says Supreme Court. Key Quotes Of The Judges
In an unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court has struck down the 158- year-old section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which says adultery is a crime. It can however, be grounds for divorce "without a shadow of doubt", said the top court.
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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.
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Activists Welcome Supreme Court's Verdict On Adultery Law
The Supreme Court verdict declaring that adultery is not a crime has been widely welcomed by several lawyers and activists who said it was antiquated colonial era law that treated women as properties of their husbands.
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Adultery Is Not A Crime, Says Supreme Court. Key Quotes Of The Judges
In an unanimous verdict, the Supreme Court has struck down the 158- year-old section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which says adultery is a crime. It can however, be grounds for divorce "without a shadow of doubt", said the top court.
