Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
In the latest string of progressive rulings, the Supreme Court of India has just struck down a colonial-era law that made adultery punishable for up to five years in prison.
The 158-year-old piece of legislation stated that a man had legal grounds to sue his wife’s lover without her consent.
However, men were free to sleep with a married woman so long he had her husband’s consent.In contrast, if a woman’s husband was unfaithful, she would not have been granted the same legal right.
Violations were punishable by up to 5 years in prison, a fine, or both.
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The law, Section 497 of the Indian Penal…
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