⚠️ Yeh lekh saamanya jaankari hai, kanooni salah nahi. Chal rahe maamle mein aarop abhi saabit nahi hue hain.
Adultery 2018 se India mein crime nahi hai. Yeh baat zyadatar log jaante hain.
Jo kam log jaante hain: fauj mein yeh aaj bhi naukri le ja sakta hai.
October 2026 mein yeh baat phir khabron mein aayi, jab Armed Forces Tribunal ne ek Army Major ke khilaaf chal rahi termination karyavahi ko rokne se inkaar kar diya.
Kya hua: October 2026 ka AFT order
Daily Jagran (17 October 2026, Indian Express ki report ke hawale se) ke mutabik:
| Tarikh | Kya hua |
|---|---|
| August 2023 | Major ki tatkaalin patni ne Army HQ mein shikaayat di |
| October 2023 | Court of Inquiry baithayi gayi |
| March 2025 | Army Act ki Sections 45 aur 63 ke tahat tentative chargesheet |
| 10 August 2026 | Army chief ki taraf se show-cause notice — court-martial ke bina seva samapt karne ke liye |
| 14 October 2026 | AFT ne karyavahi par stay dene se inkaar kiya |
AFT ki Principal Bench — Justice Rajendra Menon aur Lieutenant General CP Mohanty — ne Major ko show-cause notice ka jawab dene ko kaha, aur Army ko nirdesh diya ki Court of Inquiry ke findings aur hearing-of-charge ki karyavahi use di jaaye.
Major ne apni taraf se karyavahi mein prakriya ki galtiyon ka aarop lagaya hai. Army ne report ke mutabik court-martial ko "inexpedient" maana aur administrative raasta chuna.
Zaroori baat: yeh ek chal rahi karyavahi hai. Aarop saabit nahi hue hain, aur report mein officer ka naam nahi diya gaya — yahan bhi nahi diya jaayega.
Crime nahi, toh action kyun?
Yahan do alag kanoon kaam karte hain.
Aam nagrik ke liye: Supreme Court ne 2018 mein Joseph Shine v. Union of India mein Section 497 IPC khatam kar diya. Naye BNS mein bhi adultery apradh nahi hai. (Poori kahani)
Fauj ke liye: 31 January 2023 ko Supreme Court ne spasht kiya ki Joseph Shine ka faisla armed forces ki disciplinary karyavahi par laagu nahi hota. Sarkar ka tark tha ki sainik Constitution ke Article 33 ke tahat ek "alag varg" hain, jo Army Act 1950 jaise apne kanoon ke adheen hain (Wikipedia).
Matlab: ek hi kaam ek aam aadmi ke liye sirf ek parivaarik ya civil maamla hai, aur ek officer ke liye seva ka maamla.
Fauj ise kya kehti hai
The Tribune ke ek explainer ke mutabik, teeno sevaon ke kanoon "adultery" shabd ka istemal hi nahi karte. Fauj ki bhasha mein ise kaha jaata hai: "stealing the affections of a brother officer's wife" — yaani ek saathi officer ki patni ka sneh churana.
Iske peeche tark anushasan aur manobal ka hai:
- Officers saath rehte hain aur saath kaam karte hain
- Kai baar parivaar ek hi cantonment mein rehte hain
- Command aur bharose ka rishta unit ke andar hi hota hai
Isliye aise rishte ka asar sirf do gharon tak nahi, poori unit tak jaata hai.
Kaun se kanoon laagu hote hain
| Provision | Kya kehta hai |
|---|---|
| Army Act, Section 45 | "Unbecoming conduct" — jo officer apne pad aur apekshit charitra ke anuroop vyavhaar nahi karta |
| Army Act, Section 63 | Good order aur military discipline ka ullanghan — kabhi-kabhi saath joda jaata hai |
| Administrative action | Court-martial ke bina seva samapt karna, show-cause ke baad |
Tribune ke mutabik adultery jaise maamle aam taur par Section 45 ke daayre mein aate hain.
Saza kitni hoti hai — ek misaal
Har maamla alag hota hai, aur saza ka faisla bhi. Tribune ne June 2025 ka ek maamla bataya: ek Colonel ko General Court-Martial ne ek junior officer ki patni ke saath anuchit rishte ke liye seva se barkhaast kiya tha. AFT ki Chandigarh bench ne yeh saza ghata kar pension ke liye do saal ki past service ka nuksaan aur severe reprimand kar di.
Yaani tribunal saza ko kam bhi kar sakta hai — aur yahi wajah hai ki har maamle mein prakriya itni ahem hoti hai.
Agar aap fauji parivaar se hain
Yeh hissa un logon ke liye hai jinke ghar mein yeh sawaal asli hai.
Agar aapke saath dhokha hua hai: fauj mein shikaayat ke aupchaarik raaste hain, aur aam adaalat ke parivaarik raaste bhi khule hain. Dono ke nateeje alag hote hain — naukri par asar ek baat hai, talaak ya maintenance doosri. Kuch bhi karne se pehle ek vakeel se samjhiye ki aap kya chahte hain.
Agar aap par aarop hai: prakriya ka paalan zaroori hai, aur aapke paas apni baat rakhne ke adhikaar hain — jaisa is maamle mein AFT ne documents dene ka nirdesh diya. Ek service-law vakeel se turant salah lijiye.
Dono ke liye: chhup kar saboot jama karne ki koshish mat kijiye. Iske kanooni khatre alag hain. (Kyun — yahan padhiye)
Aakhri baat
"Adultery crime nahi hai" sach hai — lekin adhoora sach. Shaadi ke andar iske nateeje hain, aur kuch naukriyon mein, khaas taur par fauj mein, yeh poora career badal sakta hai.
⚠️ Dobara: yeh kanooni salah nahi hai. Service-law ke kisi bhi maamle mein ek qualified vakeel se salah lijiye.
→ Sambandhit: Kya India mein adultery crime hai? · Court mein adultery kaise sabit hota hai
Sources: Daily Jagran — AFT refuses stay on Major's termination proceedings (17 Oct 2026, citing The Indian Express) · The Tribune — Adultery in armed forces: why it remains a disciplinary offence (3 Jun 2025) · Joseph Shine v. Union of India, including the 31 Jan 2023 armed-forces clarification
