This is how Twitter reacted to SC verdict on Adultery
New Delhi, Sep 27: Batting for gender equality, the Supreme Court today struck down Indian Penal Code Section 497, which criminalised adultery. The top court said the law making adultery an offence was archaic, discriminated against women and a clear violation of the fundamental rights.
Calling the law archaic and saying that it violates Articles 14 and 21 of the Indian Constitution the justices said that: "Adultery can be ground for civil issues including dissolution of marriage but it cannot be a criminal offence."
Adultery not a crime, but ground for divorce says Supreme Court
The judgment was welcomed by activists, who said the archaic law should have been dumped a long time ago to keep pace with the rest of world.
Here is how twitter reacted to the Supreme Court verdict on the 158-year-old law
What has happened to SC now a days hmm😂
— Ram Deora (@RamDeora96) September 27, 2018
"Verdict pr Verdicts aa rhe haii aaj Kal" ☺️
CJI Mishra JI : History will definitely remember you for many instances!!#Adultery
#Adultery is now not a crime but Triple Talaq is criminalized.....wow!
— Danish Khan (@DKhantastic) September 27, 2018
Yesterday : #Aadhar is not mandatory
— Manickam (@tmanickam2016) September 27, 2018
Today : #Adultery not a criminal offense
New Law Required: #Aadhar mandatory for #Adultery!🤣
Till today almost all married people were criminals. Congratulations, everyone! #Adultery
— bhaavna arora (@BhaavnaArora) September 27, 2018
#Adultery
— Suresh Kumar (@SureshKumar0687) September 27, 2018
Husband is Mascot of the wife. 😊 pic.twitter.com/3IzaFPEyoj
Lets do #adultery ....would be Male/Husbands Mantra ....wishing that the wife/Woman doesn’t take clue ....others wife Hurray my wife Nah/never
— Drunken Thoughts (@Byrahulchhibber) September 27, 2018
All male chauvinists after the "adultery going to the bin" judgment😛#AdulteryLaw #Adultery #Section497 #AdulteryVerdict pic.twitter.com/k21d22TmuU
— Chinar Culture (@PARNILDH4) September 27, 2018
Today's SC judgement on #Adultery in a simple diagram pic.twitter.com/CqrOVqsZKG
— Neer (@Coy_rebel) September 27, 2018