'Adultery not a crime', SC strikes Section 497 down as unconstitutional
News | Sep 27, 2018, 01:00 PM ISTMere adultery can't be a crime, unless it attracts the scope of Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC: CJI Dipak Misra reading verdict on the validity of Section 497 (Adultery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)