Tag: Adultery

Author: Aadarsh Mishra (The ICFAI University, Dehradun) Dr. Vivek Kumar (Asst. Professor) The ICFAI University, Dehradun 1. Adultery: 1.1)  As per section 497 of Indian Penal Code (hereinafter as IPC) ,1860 adultery is defined as : “ Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who is and whom he knows or has reason to  believe

Author : Kannu Priya On 13 January 2021 Supreme Court agreed to examine the Central government’s request to keep adultery a crime in the armed forces. The Centre in it’s plea said the 2018 verdict where in September 2018 the Supreme Court unanimously struck down Section 497 of Indian Penal Code, which defines that whoever