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Adultery, homosexuality not acceptable in Army: Gen Rawat
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 10 (ANI): The Indian Army is a "conservative" force and adultery and homosexuality are "not acceptable", Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted despite these being decriminalised by the Supreme Court.
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Adultery may not be cause of unhappy marriage, but can be the result: SC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court of India on Thursday while striking down the law on adultery - Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 497 - said that treating it as an offence would tantamount to punishing people who are unhappy in marital relationships.
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Decriminalising adultery in tune with spirit of times: Ashwani Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Sept.27 (ANI): Congress leader and former Union Law Minister Ashwani Kumar on Thursday said that decriminalising adultery is in tune with the spirit of times.
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'SC verdict on adultery requires more clarity'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Congress leader Renuka Choudhary on Thursday hailed Supreme Court's verdict of scraping of the pre-Independence provision of adultery in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, she felt more clarity was needed.
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'SC verdict on adultery law upholds human dignity'
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 27 (ANI): Hailing the Supreme Court's verdict on adultery, Raj Kallishwaram, the lawyer of the petitioner in the case, on Thursday said that the top court struck down the penal provision to maintain the human dignity.
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Adultery a ground for divorce, but not a crime: SC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Terming the two laws on adultery – Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 497 -- as unconstitutional and a colonial rule, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the two sections. While decriminalising adultery, the court also struck down section 1
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Supreme Court strikes down adultery law
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 27 (ANI): In a majority judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery by striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), terming it unconstitutional. The court observed that mere adultery cannot be a crime unless it attracts the scope of
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Adultery a crime without consent of women: CJI
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved the verdict on Sec 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code while observing that infidelity is the cause of breaking up of royal marriages.
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Both men, women responsible for adultery: CJI
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 2 (ANI): Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on Thursday observed that both men and women are equally responsible for act of adultery.
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SC starts hearing on constitutional validity of adultery law
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing a petition seeking to make men and women equally liable under the offence of adultery, under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Centre opposes PIL seeking women liable under adultery offence
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday opposed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Joseph Shine, seeking to make men and women equally liable under the offence of adultery.
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IS militants stone man to death in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 01 (ANI): Militants affiliated with the terror outfit Islamic State (IS) have stoned a man to death in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province over an alleged illicit sexual relationship.
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