Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 898 · Decided 27 September 2018
Joseph Shine v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 898 · [2018] 11 S.C.R. 765
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 194/2017
- Decided
- 27 September 2018
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, R.F. NARIMAN, D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, A.M. KHANWILKAR, INDU MALHOTRA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 497, 198; CrPC Section 198, 198(2); Constitution Article 14, 15, 21, 15(3)
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: s.497 - s. 198 of Cr.P.C - Offence of Adultery - Whether unconstitutional, being violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 - Held: (Per Court): s. 497 IPC and s. 198 Cr.P.C. being violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of - (Per Dipak Misra, CJI): s. 497 treats women, subordinate to men - The rationale of the provision suffers from absence of logicality of approach and therefore suffers from vice of Art. 14 being manifestly arbitrary - Section 497 also creates invidious distinctions
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