Few countries treat adultery as crime: SC
Thursday - September 27, 2018 10:04 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Few countries treat adultery as crime: SC
New Delhi Sep 27 (IANS) Holding adultery law - Section 497 IPC - unconstitutional the Supreme Court on Thursday pointed out that global trend indicates that very few nations treat adultery as a crime though most retain adultery for the purposes of divorce laws.
The countries that have done away with the provisions similar to Section 497 of IPC - which now stands struck down - include China Japan Brazil New Zealand Australia Scotland the Netherlands Denmark France Germany Austria Ireland Barbados Bermuda Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago and Seychelles.
India on Thursday followed the footsteps of South Korea and Guatemala where the adultery laws making it a criminal offence were struck down by the constitutional courts.
The countries that still hold adultery as a criminal offence include Afghanistan Bangladesh Indonesia Iran the Maldives Nepal Pakistan the Philippines United Arab Emirates some states of the US Algeria Democratic Republic of Congo Egypt and Morocco.
--IANS pk/gt/mr
The countries that have done away with the provisions similar to Section 497 of IPC - which now stands struck down - include China Japan Brazil New Zealand Australia Scotland the Netherlands Denmark France Germany Austria Ireland Barbados Bermuda Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago and Seychelles.
India on Thursday followed the footsteps of South Korea and Guatemala where the adultery laws making it a criminal offence were struck down by the constitutional courts.
The countries that still hold adultery as a criminal offence include Afghanistan Bangladesh Indonesia Iran the Maldives Nepal Pakistan the Philippines United Arab Emirates some states of the US Algeria Democratic Republic of Congo Egypt and Morocco.
--IANS pk/gt/mr
