Thursday, 2 August 2018

WON’T MAKE ADULTERY GENDER-NEUTRAL OFFENCE, LOOKING INTO ITS CONSTITUTIONAL VALIDITY: SUPREME COURT

While hearing of a writ petition challenging the validity of Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Supreme Court indicated that it will not make adultery a gender-neutral law and also observed that the law will not be touched to make adultery an offence also for women, but said that it will examine whether IPC Section 497 on the basis of Article 14 (equality before law) should remain a criminal offence at all.



TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER



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