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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
TopicAdultery law

Topic: Adultery law

Armed forces can take action against officers for adultery, rules Supreme Court

Top court clarified its 2018 order was not concerned with provisions of Army Act. Four years ago, SC had struck down IPC Section 497, a 150-year-old law that criminalised adultery.

On 377 ruling, Arun Jaitley disagrees with reasoning that sexuality is part of free speech

Jaitley also differed on a portion of the apex court ruling on adultery, saying it may end up converting the Indian family system into a Western family system.

I am a rational human being, not a liberal, says Delhi Commission for Women chief

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has found herself in the crosshairs of feminists too often of late.

Uttar Pradesh police ‘rulebook’, and the real lords in India

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

In the Indian Army, troops can still be punished for adultery

Indian military can punish troops for extra-marital relations even without law that made adultery a crime.

Supreme Court’s balancing act on Aadhaar, and adultery law’s fall

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Justice Indu Malhotra’s reading of Section 377 verdict was a mic-drop moment

After Section 377, Justice Malhotra will also be part of the benches that will rule on Sabarimala issue and adultery laws.

India’s lopsided adultery law: Adverse impact of patriarchy on men or women?

Experts weigh in on India's adultery laws that only hold men guilty under section 497 of the Indian Penal Code.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.