Fall behind? Many of these are colonial laws, just repackaged after Independence and continued with their colonial/archaic/Victorian approach.
This is the law as it stands: Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code deals with Adultery. As per the 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 can be punished under this offense in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery_law_in_India Obviously, women are being treated like property. So, a man having sex with another man's wife is seen as depriving the latter of his rights. It is specifically stated: "In such case the wife shall not be punishable as an abettor." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adultery_law_in_India So, women cannot be punished under this law. On the other hand, if a married woman's husband has a relationship with an unmarried woman, neither the man in question or the unmarried woman would be violating India's adultery law! FN On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 at 03:04, Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In many respects, Indian law often falls far behind the times we live in and > in comparison with laws of other progressive countries. > > Perhaps the yoke of colonialism will forever restrict bureaucracy and justice > in the country. > > Recently for example there have flip flops on laws regarding homosexuality > and euthanasia. And now you have the coincidences of a son having to overturn > his father’s rulings. > > It’s not to say that occasionally some forward looking member of the bench > will not break ground; but that is a rare exception. > > The case of Yeshwant Chandrachud and his son Dhananjaya Chandrachud > highlights this rarity. > > Both were/are illustrious judges. The father who retired in 1985 as CJI and > died in 2008 was known as “Iron Hands”. The son is a Harvard educated Supreme > Court Justice who is tipped to become a future CJI himself. > > The father was conservative, but not die-hard. The son is liberal and > progressive. I witnessed a brilliant presentation by the senior Chandrachud > who was called to grace a moot court in Govt Law College in Churchgate when I > was a first year student there. There is not much that can impress a 22 year > old, but I was impressed. I recently read a judgement by junior and it was > scintillating. Forgetting Harvard, you couldn’t tell who was the cleverer - > Father or son. > > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/justice-chandrachud-keeps-running-into-fathers-rulings/articleshow/65250527.cms > > Roland. > -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ FN* फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا +91-9822122436 _/ RADIO GOANA: https://archive.org/details/@fredericknoronha _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/