Adultery law is unconstitutional: Supreme Court
New Delhi, Sept 27 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday passed a verdict decriminalising the adultery law, which had earlier punished married men for having a sexual relationship with a wedded women without the consent of her husband, media reports said.
According to the law, any man, who used to get involved into a physical relationship with a married women without the permission of the woman's husband, not amounting to rape, was considered to have committed adultery.
The woman was, however, not punished by the law, which has been declared as unconstitutional by the top court.
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