Criminalising men for enticing married woman unconstitutional, apex court told

A provision in the Penal Code that criminalises men for enticing married women is unconstitutional and should be abolished, a lawyer told the Federal Court five-member bench today.

Lawyer Jayarubbiny Jayaraj, whose client is charged with enticing a married woman, argued that Section 498 of the Penal Code violated women’s right to equality before the law...