Section 497 Verdict Updates: Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in a unanimous judgement
The Supreme Court of India will be going to give the verdict on two major issue today. However, SC has started giving its verdict on Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which is an offence if a man has sex with the wife of another married man without his consent.
Adultery is the only provision of IPC which treats a married woman as the property of their husband. Also, it also treats men and women differently.
The five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Justice of India Dipak Misra has started reading out the verdict on the petition challenging the validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of IPC.
Here’s what the Judgement:
Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in a unanimous judgement
Five-judge bench of Supreme Court decriminalises adultery in a unanimous judgement pic.twitter.com/EzbAUL3dER
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Adultery can be ground for divorce & a person will have civil remedies for it
Adultery can be ground for divorce & a person will have civil remedies for it: Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/5eBvelMmAt
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The magnificent beauty of the democracy is I, you and we, said CJI.
The magnificent beauty of the democracy is I, you and we: CJI Dipak Misra on the petition challenging the validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
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'Parameters of fundamental rights should include rights of women. Individual dignity important in a sanctified society.System can't treat women unequally. Women can't be asked to think what a society desires,' said Supreme Court.
Parameters of fundamental rights should include rights of women. Individual dignity important in a sanctified society.System can't treat women unequally. Women can't be asked to think what a society desires:CJI reading verdict on petition challenging validity of Sec 497(Adultery) pic.twitter.com/FMRLxi5n9t
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Adultery can be grounds for dissolution of marriage: CJI reading verdict on petition challenging validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of IPC
Legal subordination of one sex by another is wrong. Social progression of women & views of Justice Nariman in Triple Talaq case considered. Adultery can be grounds for dissolution of marriage: CJI reading verdict on petition challenging validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of IPC
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CJI said that ‘equality is the governing principle of a system. Husband is not the master of the wife.’
First published: 27 September 2018, 10:56 ISTEquality is the governing principle of a system. Husband is not the master of the wife: CJI Dipak Misra reading out the verdict on the petition challenging the validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of IPC pic.twitter.com/FO1Yk4A7ET
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