Extra Marital Affair

Supreme Court calls adultery provision in IPC a 'peculiar law', says it fails test of arbitrariness

“Both parties in adultery derive the benefit of the act. Despite that, one is treated as a victim and another punished. There is no rationality in it. The provision is a reflection of the times it was drafted," Chief Justice Dipak Misra observed.

Police constable beaten to death by wife over extra-marital affair

A police constable was allegedly beaten to death by his wife following a quarrel over his extra-marital affair, police said today.

Accused of killing wife, biscuit baron's son gets a kiss from Kanpur policeman

The probing official was transferred after seniors found he hugged and kissed the accused on the forehead after the latter said he would mend his ways.

Man refuses to marry his lover, shoots her dead

A 30-year-old married woman was shot dead by a man with whom she was purportedly having an extra-marital affair as she was pressurising him to marry her.

Om Puri to Sergey Brin: The scarlet letter always goes to the woman

The real issue is the media's stake in portraying Om as an innocent victim.

Resigning as CIA chief over affair, Petraeus blames 'poor judgment'

Petraeus was a star on the battlefield, commanding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but was undone by "poor judgment" in engaging in an extramarital affair that led to his downfall as CIA director.