Supreme Court Decriminalizes Adultery: Landmark Judgment on Section 497 IPC and Section 198 CrPC (27 September 2018)
Supreme Court Decriminalizes Adultery: Joseph Shine vs. Union of India (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes adultery, and Section 198 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which deals with the procedure for filing a complaint, are constitutionally valid. CASE TYPE: Criminal, Constitutional Law Case Name: Joseph Shine vs. […]