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The Supreme Court of India struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalized adultery. In a 5-0 judgment, the Court ruled that Section 497 violated constitutional rights to equality, life, and liberty. It found the law promoted gender discrimination by only allowing husbands - not wives - to prosecute men for adultery. The Court also noted adultery is a private wrong, not a public one, so it should not be a criminal offense. By decriminalizing adultery, the judgment affirmed individual au
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- Siddhartha Jaswal
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