Adultery laws in India | Extramarital Affairs | Adultery law in IPC (4)

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Adultery An Unpopular Viewpoint

• The adultery law in India defines Adultery or an
  extramarital affair as a criminal offence

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WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS?

• Lets give this unpopular viewpoint a direction
  and see what the nation wants. Recently
  extramarital affairs law has been decriminalized
  by the supreme court stating that, Husband is
  not the master of the wife. But was this really
  what this country needed?

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WHY IS EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR LAW DECRIMINALIZED?
Primarily, the adultery law in IPC invested
rights was only in the hands of the husband.
Decriminalizing the adultery laws in India was
the only option? But instead of decriminalizing
the whole section, there could have been a better
solution. Maybe, giving equal rights to the
married woman to complain against her partner who
commits adultery, whether with a married or
unmarried woman, would have been one of the
solutions.
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What could be the approach?
Adultery Law Section 497
Adultery is not a crime in the books of Indian
penal code. Its a crime of emotions, trust,
love, loyalty.

• The petitioners should throw light issue related
  to Section 497
• The petitioners look forward to making Section
  497 a gender-neutral law.
• woman cannot complain against her husband who has
  committed adultery with another woman.

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Why it is called the Anti-woman law?
The adultery law in IPC treats a woman as an
object. Setting man free to involve in a sexual
relationship without the knowledge or consent of
his wife. As per Section 497, the act not
considered a crime if the husband of the woman
has no issues with the incident. Hence it has
been called an anti-women law.
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