Supreme Court · 1985 INSC 141 · Decided 27 May 1985
SMT. Sowmithri Vishnu v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1985 INSC 141 · [1985] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 741
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 845/1980
- Decided
- 27 May 1985
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, R.S. PATHAK, AMARENDRA NATH SEN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 497; Constitution Article 14, 21, 32
Headnote
VISHNU v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR. May 27, 1985 [Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, C.J., R.S. PATHAK AND AMARENDRA NATN SEN, JJ.J Indian Penal Code, s. 497-Constitutional validity of. 741 During the pendency of a divorce petition against the petitioner/wife on the grounds of desertion and adultery, the petition for quashing the complaint on the grounds (1) that s. 497 of the Penal Code is violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution because, by making an irrational classification between men and women, it unjustifiably denies to women the right which is given to men This argument rests on the
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