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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.
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Adultery Not A Crime, "Husband Not Master of Wife," Says Supreme Court
Adultery is no longer a crime in India though "without a shadow of doubt" can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband's property.
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Adultery A Crime Without Consent Of Women: Chief Justice Dipak Misra
The Supreme Court yesterday reserved the verdict on Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code while observing that infidelity is the cause of breaking up of loyal marriages.
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Can A Woman Be Punished For Adultery? Supreme Court to Examine
Women can't be prosecuted for adultery in India but this could change. The Supreme Court today agreed to revisit the 19th century criminal law that provides for punishing only men, and not women, for adultery.
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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.
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Adultery Not A Crime, "Husband Not Master of Wife," Says Supreme Court
Adultery is no longer a crime in India though "without a shadow of doubt" can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said today, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband's property.
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Adultery A Crime Without Consent Of Women: Chief Justice Dipak Misra
The Supreme Court yesterday reserved the verdict on Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code while observing that infidelity is the cause of breaking up of loyal marriages.
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Can A Woman Be Punished For Adultery? Supreme Court to Examine
Women can't be prosecuted for adultery in India but this could change. The Supreme Court today agreed to revisit the 19th century criminal law that provides for punishing only men, and not women, for adultery.
