Justice Chandrachud overturns father's 1985 ruling on adultery
Justice DY Chandrachud with four other Supreme Court judges overturned his father Justice YV Chandrachud's 1985 ruling, which had held the adultery law, drafted in 1860, to be constitutionally valid. "A woman loses her voice, autonomy after entering marriage... Section 497 offends sexual freedom of women... deprives them of dignity" Justice DY Chandrachud said on Thursday.