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Adultery not a crime, Supreme Court strikes down Section 497

Mausami Singh
New Delhi,UPDATED: Sep 27, 2018 16:28 IST

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down a 158-year-old law that considers adultery to be an offence committed by one man against another, and has been criticised for treating women as possessions rather than human beings.

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