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PETITIONER: YUSUF ABDUL AZIZ
Vs.
RESPONDENT: THE STATE OF BOMBAY ANDHUSSEINBHOY LALJEE.
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/03/1954
BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN BENCH: BOSE, VIVIAN MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN HASAN, GHULAM
CITATION: 1954 AIR 321 1954 SCR 930 CITATOR INFO : RF 1985 SC1618 (10)
ACT: Constitution of India, arts. 14 and 15-Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)-Whether ultra vires the Constitution.
HEADNOTE: Held, that s. 497 of the Indian Penal Code does not of lend arts. 14 and 15 of the Constitution.
JUDGMENT: CRIMINAL APPELLANTE JURLSDICTION: Case No. 349 of 1951. Appeal under article 132 (1) of the Constitution of India from the Judgment and Order dated the 26th June, 1951, of the High Court of Judicature,at Bombay (Chagla C. J. and Gajendragadkar J.) in Criminal Application No. 345 of 1951. A.A. Peerbhoy, Jindra Lal and I. N. Shroff for the appellant. C. K. Daphtary, Solicitor General for India (Porus A. Mehta, with them) for respondent No. 1. 931 J.B. Dadachanji and Rajinder Narain for respondent No. 2. 1954. March 10. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Bose J.-The question in this case is whether section 497 of the Indian Penal Code contravenes articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution. The appellant is being prosecuted for adultery under section 497 of the Indian Penal Code. As soon as the complain...