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Adultery Decriminalised: IPC 497 Removed — No BNS Equivalent
The landmark removal of Adultery as a criminal offence in India, following the Supreme Court's Joseph Shine judgment (2018). The BNS has no equivalent to IPC 497.
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In a historic move for personal liberty and gender equality, the Supreme Court in Joseph Shine v. Union of India (2018) struck down Section 497 of the IPC as unconstitutional — holding that the husband is not the master of the wife and that criminalising a private consensual act between adults was a violation of dignity and equality. The BNS has entirely omitted this section.
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The landmark removal of Adultery as a criminal offence in India, following the Supreme Court's Joseph Shine judgment (2018). The BNS has no equivalent to IPC 497.
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