INDIA DECRIMINALIZES ADULTERY BUT WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS IT STILL A CRIME?- Newsweek

[TomSea]

INDIA DECRIMINALIZES ADULTERY BUT WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS IT STILL A CRIME?
BY BRENDAN COLE ON 9/27/18

Adultery is no longer a crime in India, following another landmark ruling by the country’s top court.

It is the second time this month that the country’s Supreme Court has overturned a colonial-era law, after gay sex was decriminalized.

On Thursday, India’s Chief Justice Dipak Misra ruled that although adultery could be grounds for divorce, he said "it cannot be a criminal offense," the Times of India reported.

Read more at: https://www.newsweek.com/india-decriminalizes-adultery-where-else-world-it-still-crime-1140464

A lot of these laws are left over from the "colonial-era" as stated above. I'm not sure if it is better to let these matters go. It's not for me to say.

[rustynail]

"BUT WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS IT STILL A CRIME?"    Most Muslim countries.