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Section 497

‘Excellent decision’: Praise from politicians for Supreme Court verdict on adultery law

Scroll Staff
· Sep 27, 2018 · 03:23 pm
Supreme Court strikes down adultery law, says Section 497 is ‘absolutely manifestly arbitrary’

Scroll Staff
· Sep 27, 2018 · 11:04 am
What public good does the law on adultery serve, Supreme Court asks Centre

Scroll Staff
· Aug 08, 2018 · 04:06 pm
Supreme Court calls adultery law absurd and peculiar, says it fails the test of arbitrariness

Scroll Staff
· Aug 02, 2018 · 12:57 pm
India has no reason to retain its archaic adultery law – but will the Supreme Court strike it down?

Flavia Agnes
· Jul 24, 2018 · 08:00 am
Centre opposes plea in Supreme Court seeking to make women also liable for adultery

Scroll Staff
· Jul 11, 2018 · 04:16 pm
Why is only the man liable for adultery, asks Supreme Court

Scroll Staff
· Dec 08, 2017 · 02:13 pm