Adultery Is No Longer a Crime in India After Another Landmark Ruling
India's highest court has struck down a century-old law that made adultery a criminal offense, the BBC reports.
In a unanimous ruling, the judges declared extramarital sex can no longer serve as grounds for arrest, although it remains a cause for divorce.
According to the 158-year-old colonial-era law, a man who has sex with a married woman, without the permission of her husband, can face a m...
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Sep 27, 2018