A Few Days Before Article 370 Repeal, SC Decriminalized Adultery In J&K As Well [Read Judgment]

Just a few days before the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was scrapped by a Presidential order, the Supreme Court held that the entire Section 497 of the Ranbir Penal Code which criminalizes Adultery is also unconstitutional.In a judgment delivered on 2nd August 2019, the bench comprising Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Surya Kant in Col. Rajnish Bhandari vs. Union of...