Source: TOI Contents1 What is the News?2 What was the case?3 What did the Supreme Court say?4 Section 497 of IPC: What is the News? The Supreme Court has said that DNA tests cannot be ordered to establish the legitimacy of a child born during the subsistence of a marriage if there is no primary… Continue reading No DNA test if there is no proof of adultery: Supreme Court
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3 days before Ranbir Penal Code was replaced by IPC, SC struck down its adultery clause
The Supreme Court on 2nd August had struck down Section 497 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) that dealt with adultery, holding it “unconstitutional”. RPC is the criminal code applicable to Jammu and Kashmir. In September 2018, the Supreme Court had struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalized adultery. Section 497… Continue reading 3 days before Ranbir Penal Code was replaced by IPC, SC struck down its adultery clause
Adultery is not a crime, rules SC; strikes it off IPC
Adultery is not a crime, rules SC; strikes it off IPC News Supreme Court in its judgment has ruled that adultery is not a criminal offence. Important Facts Background about Adultery and Section 497 of the IPC Problems with Adultery Law According to Section 497 of the IPC, a man had the right… Continue reading Adultery is not a crime, rules SC; strikes it off IPC
Dumping an archaic law
Dumping an archaic law Article: Shonottra Kumar, is a legal researcher, has given his opinion on Supreme Court decision to decriminalize adultery under Section 497. Important Analysis: A five-judge Constitution Bench, led by Chief Justice of India held that adultery is not a crime and struck it off the IPC. Until few days ago, India… Continue reading Dumping an archaic law
All women may pray at Sabarimala
All women may pray at Sabarimala News: Supreme Court allowed the entry of women of all ages in Sabarimala Temple Important Facts: Sabarimala Temple in Kerala barred women aged between 10 and 50 on grounds of biological and physiological features like menstruation, from entering the temple. The rules which mandate the ban were listed in… Continue reading All women may pray at Sabarimala
