India court approves adultery

Desk Report
India’s top court has ruled adultery is no longer a crime, striking down a 158-year-old colonial-era law which it said treated women as male property, reports BBC.
Previously any man who had sex with a married woman, without the permission of her husband, had committed a crime.
A petitioner had challenged the law saying it was arbitrary and discriminated against men and women.It is not clear how many men have been prosecuted under the law – there is no data available.
This is the second colonial-era law struck down by India’s Supreme Court this month in India.