By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Oct. 19, 2018: Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code deals with Adultery. As per Indian law, a woman cannot be punished for the offence of adultery. Only a man who has consensual sexual intercourse with the wife of another man without his consent canContinue Reading
New Delhi: Adultery is no longer a crime in India though “without a shadow of doubt” can be grounds for divorce, the Supreme Court said on September 27, junking a 158-year law that punished a man for an affair but not the woman, treating her as her husband’s property. “TheContinue Reading
Banda Aceh: A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned on Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia’s Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province’s strict Islamic laws. Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposesContinue Reading
