The SC was on a roll last month — early September it struck down Section 377 to give the LGBTQ+ community the same legal rights as others, and on September 27, it decriminalised adultery. It scrapped IPC Section 497, calling it an "archaic" law and saying the "husband is not the master of the wife". The judgment relied on themes of 'constitutional morality', 'individual dignity', 'sexual agency', 'gender parity' and 'transformative vision of constitution'. But just to make something clear, the top court is NOT saying it's fine to philander; all it has done is converted it into a civil offence and grounds for divorce.

Before and after
In what is probably the last conviction under Section 497, the Rajasthan HC found a resident of Jaipur district guilty of adultery, for cohabiting with a man's wife.
This Chennai woman, on the other hand, killed herself on Saturday after her cheating husband cited the SC judgment and refused to end his affair with another woman, saying the police can no longer take any action against. He has been detained in her suicide investigation and is being questioned.