Adultery No Longer A Criminal Offence In India, Rules Suprem

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Adultery No Longer A Criminal Offence In India, Rules Supreme Court

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The Rajya Sabha has passed the Jammu and Kashmir The court underlined that Section 497 treats women as properties of their husbands and is hence manifestly discriminatory. It trashed the central government’s defense of Section 497 that it protects sanctity of marriages.

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