Husband is not master of wife: Supreme Court strikes down adultery law as ‘unconstitutional’
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Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics
The Supreme Court Thursday struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, a 150-year-old law, that criminalises adultery, calling it “unconstitutional” and “absolutely manifestly arbitrary”. The five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held that adultery can be a ground for divorce but cannot be a crime and cited examples from other countries such as China and Japan where adultery is not a crime. “Any system or law which affects individual dignity of women in a civilised society invites the wrath of the Constitution,” said CJI Misra. “Legal sovereignty of one sex over another is wrong,” he said. “Equality is the governing principle of a system. Husband is not the master of the wife.” SUBSCRIBE to ThePrint : http://bit.ly/SubscribeToThePrint LIKE ThePrint on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/theprintindia/ Follow ThePrint on Twitter : https://twitter.com/theprintindia Follow ThePrint on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theprintindia/
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