• Faisal Ali Khan

Punishment for adultery is issued under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code. Adultery is a husband's right-hand invasion of his partner. It is a crime against the sacredness of the marital home and an offence committed by an individual. It is an act that is anti-social and unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has previously held that it cannot be claimed that any constitutional clause is infringed in describing the crime of adultery so as to limit the class of criminal to persons. The higher judiciary's earlier stance was that section 497 of the IPC was not in violation of Article 21. The Supreme Court recently ruled the 150-year-old adultery statute invalid, which treats the husband as the master.The rule of adultery is arbitrary and it offends a woman's integrity, it also lays down that there is no offense when the man consents to establish affairs beyond the wedlock. The Court of Justice claims that the husband is not the wife's lord. IPC Section 497 is completely and manifestly unreasonable and unfair since it allows the husband a license to deal with the woman, since he wants it to be incredibly unnecessary and disproportionate.

Adultery; India; Violence; Wedlock.

"The Law of Adultery in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no.118-121, March-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREP06029.pdf

"The Law of Adultery in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 3, page no. pp118-121, March-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREP06029.pdf