"Adultery is in any case a ground for divorce, however the same can’t be a ground for not granting custody," a single-judge bench of Justice Rajesh S Patil noted in its verdict in a plea by the man, a son of former legislator.
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The Centre in its plea said that when jawans and officers are posted in inhospitable areas, their families are taken care of at base camp by field unit officers.
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The Centre recently moved a plea seeking clarification on an earlier Supreme Court order decriminalising adultery, with the intention of retaining adultery as a crime in the armed forces.
The Centre in its plea said that when jawans and officers are posted in inhospitable areas, their families are taken care of at base camp by field unit officers, according to a
Read more about Decriminalising adultery may cause instability in Army: Centre to SC on Business Standard. The plea was made in an interim application filed through lawyer Sachin Sharma on behalf of the Ministry of Defence