Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2015

Inherent gender bias in Adultery Law in India: A critical evaluation

Dr. Ashutosh Bairagi

Abstract :

 other words, having any sexual relationship with anyone other than one’s spouse (wife) would amount to adultery  to a body politic. Adultery is a crime in many countries and even in India too. Law of adultery as it stands in India  punishes only man, and assumes that in all cases ‘man is the seducer’ and the women, who is an equal participant is viewed as a victim. The  law makes an irrational classification between man and woman, in restricting the class of offenders to men, where women or wife is an equal  partner, it violates constitutional provisions of equality enshrined in Articles 14, 15 & 21.This paper critically evaluates the existing provision and suggests that in changing social dimensions where women are no less than men, they must also be criminalized for the same act of  adultery as a copartner. 

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

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Dr. Ashutosh Bairagi Inherent gender bias in Adultery Law in India: A critical evaluation International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 5 May 2015

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