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Section 497 (Why need to be scrapped? (Constitutional violation (Article…
Section 497
Why need to be scrapped?
International scenario
Constitutional violation
Article 14
Article 21
not in consonance with
changing social conditions
treats
women as property
discriminates against men
The issue
law treats
Man involved
adulteror
woman involved
victim
Husband consent
= no issue
Court observation
gender neutrality
absent
husband consent
= not a crime
= women is a property
Why in News?
petition
drop adultery as a criminal offence
What
Adultery law
prescribes
punishment
Adulterous Man