DECRIMINALIZATION OF ADULTERY: RIGHT OR WRONG? WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE JOSEPH SHINE V/S UNION OF INDIA CASE

Author – ADITYA LOHANI, STUDENT OF ILSR, GLA UNIVERSITY, MATHURA

Best Citation – ADITYA LOHANI, DECRIMINALIZATION OF ADULTERY: RIGHT OR WRONG? WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE JOSEPH SHINE V/S UNION OF INDIA CASE, SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT REPORTER, 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 08-12, ISBN – 978-81-960677-8-6.

ABSTRACT

The provision of Adultery has a place in the Indian Penal Code and Code of Civil Procedure in sections 497 and 198 respectively. Adultery is an attack or invasion of the institution of marriage, a peccadillo against the purity of a relationship. It is a very illegitimate and self-centred act. In this paper, I have tried to give the best plausible explanation to the question that whether section 497 of I.P.C (read with section 198 of Cr. P.C) be decriminalised or not. The prime focus of this paper is the case of Joseph shine v. Union of India and last I have given two opinions on this topic from two different perspectives.

Keywords: Adultery, Indian Penal Code, Cr. P.C