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Delhi High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Adultery, Says Section 497 IPC Unconstitutional With Retrospective Effect
Nupur Thapliyal
14 May 2026 1:36 PM IST
The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man convicted for adultery, holding that the conviction could not survive after Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Joseph Shine v. Union of India judgment.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav observed that the case reflected a “modern avatar” of the Mahabharata-era “Niyog Pratha”, while dealing...
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Nupur Thapliyal
Nupur Thapliyal is a Principal Correspondent with LiveLaw, based in New Delhi. She reports from the Delhi High Court and trial courts in the national capital
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