Yesterday Our Apex Court made a land mark judgment. It says premarital sex/ sex between two consenting adults is not adultery or a crime. Will this judgment would cause the increase of westernization in our country? Will this leads to the ruin of our traditional values and faiths ? If this is implemented we will have legalized brothels in our places, then the STD's will reach the remotest place too. I request everybody's thoughtful comments on this matter.
Some laws and orders are always strange and not digestive to common people's brain.Protests may rise from different corners of the society on this issue.
Let us see the Apex court Judgment from legal angle. The supreme Court has ruled that consensual sex between two adults is not offence. This is the legal position. everything that is considered immoral is not punishable offence. The psoition stated by apex court was always there and nothing is added. Our relations are more guided by social values than by law. As regards adultery, this is an offence in Indian Penal code. However, only sex with another man's wife is offence, which is non cognizable offence and action can be taken against the male offender on complaint by husband of that woman. Sex between unmarried adults or when husband of married woman does not complain, is not unlawful. The prostitution is also not unlawful as such but only advertising or soliciting prostitution is unlawful. Supreme court has said nothing new and social relations depend on social values. There is more westernization in big cities. The villages and small cities are rather more conservative and often we get news about murders on Panchayat's decision against love marriages between same Ghotra or other such things.
It is not good to have law for every thing. In that case, our law enforcing machinery and police are over worked and the genuine work of people and justice suffers. The illicit relations between consenting males in private need not take priority over misappropriation of public money, terror and thefts. This is a matter of utilizing our police force and judiciary in optimum way. already courts have huge pending cases and it is not good to burden them with the cases of premarital sex etc.
Now premarital sex is no more taboo. many women aged 19 to 24 tell doctors that they are 'sexually active' and request for prescribing contraceptive pills.
It is high time society and police do not bother about consensual sex relations-premarital or extra marital, homo or lesbian or hetero whatever be.
Shalu Joseph- Indeed Agra police have stopped wasting time on such things. They act only when some extra income is required. Yesterday a lady reporter visited many many police stations or posts just to verify whether they would help a woman victim of sexual harassment. She told everywhere that some youth had teased her. The police authorities did not help her because they do not waste time and energy on petty matters.
According to our hindu mythology, pre-marital sex is treated a crime. Not only this, before marriage, any sort of physical contact is unacceptable in society.
This will surely bring westrn culture in the society, which cannot be accepted by common man!
Deepti wrote:
[quote]According to our hindu mythology, pre-marital sex is treated a crime. Not only this, before marriage, any sort of physical contact is unacceptable in society.
This will surely bring westrn culture in the society, which cannot be accepted by common man![/quote]
In our religion also it is a crime.But how many cares the religious orders now? (I am true follower.)
Dipti. Institution of marriage has been created to regulate family affairs and premarital or extra marital sex is against social norms. But it is for individuals to voluntarily go by social norms. If any adults act voluntarily in private against social norms, law will not interfere. Freedom includes freedom to do the wrong also. For example, cigarette smoking is bad but I am free to smoke as long as I do not annoy others.
