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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Adultery no longer a criminal affair, SC rules

The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down as unconstitutional the 158-year-old Section 497 of IPC that punished a married man for the offence of adultery if he had sexual relations with a married woman "without the consent or connivance of her husband", but said adultery could continue to be a ground for divorce.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2zzYDRy

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