The Supreme Court on Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery, saying it was manifestly arbitrary and dents the individuality of women. A five-judge Constitution bench was ...

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were diluted ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended to the government to retain IPC section 377 provisions related to carnal intercourse with minors and acts of bestiality in the ...

Sweeping across the courts in India is a ringing change in perspectives that has impacted judgments and made the courts into support systems. In May this year, the Ke­r­ala high court brought in ...

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill which is proposed to replace the British-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) does away with two contentious provisions on unnatural sex and adultery that were ...

However, the provision still stood in the statute book to deal with unnatural sexual offences against minors, against their consent and bestiality. In the new BNS Bill, there is no provision on ...

The government has decided to exclude Section 377 and Section 497 from the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, 2023, despite the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee on home ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended reinstating a provision to criminalise adultery in the proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, but in a gender-neutral manner, Live Law ...

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 ...