Decriminalising Adultery Could Lead To ‘Instability’ In Armed Forces: Govt To SC
In September 2018, a five-judge constitution bench struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, declaring it to be unconstitutional and violative of right to equality of women in treating them as inferior to their husbands PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-14T10:04:18+05:30 Decriminalising Adultery Could Lead To ‘Instability’ In Armed Forces: Govt To SC outlookindia.com 2021-01-14T10:12:54+05:30
The Centre on Wednesday sought a clarification from the Supreme Court to the effect that the 2018 order decriminalising adultery would apply only to civilians and not defence personnel because not prosecuting soldiers for adultery could cause “instability” in the armed forces.
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Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 23:37 IST
A women s organisation took serious exception of the usage of certain phrases in the Defence Ministry application accused it of questioning the integrity of armed forces officials and their spouses. File photo
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted an application filed by the Defence Ministry seeking to exempt the armed forces from the purview of its September 2018 judgment decriminalizing the offence of adultery.
Under the armed forces rules adultery is a ground for court-martial for unbecoming conduct. Admitting the application, a bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman issued notice to Joseph Shine, petitioner in the PIL in which adultery was decriminalized.
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
The Centre has pleaded in the Supreme Court that a 2018 apex court judgment to decriminalise adultery under the Indian Penal Code should not be applicable to the armed forces, contending that this verdict may cause instability within the .