SC Verdict-Adultery is no criminal offence

SC’s  judgement that adultery is not a criminal offence does not in any way influence the relation between husband and wife. Husband or wife, whoever indulges in adultery, conjugal relation is bound to be adversely affected, no matter adultery is a criminal offence or not. In fact. when a man and woman get involved in adulterous relation, they hardly care for the law that permits  or prohibits adultery . In our society marriage is deemed a sanctified institution. Here it’s difficult to assume that after marriage husband or wife would give consent to each other or acquiesces to choose an outside partner to sleep with. Nor husband or wife would claim he or she has every right to have sex with another person as it is no longer a criminal offence. However, in the event of sexual dysfunction of husband or wife, one may give consent to another for extramarital sex, that too occurs in rare cases because they would prefer to go in for divorce. However, the verdict might help those people who engage their wives in sexual relation with others, by coercion or persuasion, for earning money or some married women who voluntarily might have sex with others for monetary benefit.