Tag: homosexuality
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Writing love into law
The Supreme Court judgments striking down Section 377 of the IPC go further than comparable jurisprudence in the UK and the USA, writes Senthorun Raj.
September 13, 2018 -
Section 377: Equality for good, equality for opportunities, equality for growth
According to a study by the World Bank, discrimination against LGBTQ people in India could be costing our economy 32 billion dollars a year!
September 12, 2018 -
Devdutt Pattanaik hails SC verdict, cautions against ‘loveless marriages’
"The worst thing in Indian society is that people are forced into loveless marriages, which ruins not just one life but also the lives of spouse and children because they live their entire life with those they are not attracted to," the 47-year-old maintained.
September 7, 2018 -
Section 377 and homosexuality: What the Supreme Court said | Read detailed judgment
Five-judge Constitution Bench decriminalises Section 377 of IPC with regard to consensual gay sex, says it was "irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary", violated fundamental rights to equality, life with dignity, personal liberty, non-discrimination, privacy and expression under Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution
September 6, 2018 -
Homosexuality not a crime, but do not support same-sex marriages: RSS on SC verdict
A five-judge bench of the apex court decriminalised part of Section 377, which criminalised consensual unnatural sex, saying it violated the rights to equality.
September 6, 2018 -
UN hails homosexuality verdict, says will help eliminate stigma
'The UN in India sincerely hopes that the court's ruling will be the first step towards guaranteeing the full range of fundamental rights to the LGBTIQ persons'
September 6, 2018 -
Section 377 | Top 10 quotes from SC verdict that decriminalises homosexuality
Sexual orientation is natural. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is violation of freedom of speech and expression.
September 6, 2018 -
Section 377: Twitter breaks into celebration as Supreme Court decrimilises homosexuality
A five-judge Constitution bench termed the part of Section 377 of the IPC, which crimiminalised homosexuality, irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary.
September 6, 2018 -
Section 377: Homosexuality no more a crime in India, rules Supreme Court
Make way for progressive realization of social and economic rights and to begin a dialogue for ensuring individual rights reports, have to bid adieu to perception stereotypes: Dipak Misra
September 6, 2018 -
Supreme Court to deliver its verdict on validity of Section 377 today
On July 17, the apex court had concluded hearing the arguments on the contentious issue after detailed hearing, which had commenced on July 10.
September 6, 2018 -
Why colonial-era law should go
Growing up in the cultural juxtaposition of British Asian communities in London, little did I know that the colonial “Raj-era hangover” law which criminalises homosexuality in India could alter my chances of future happiness. Since last week, the rights of LGBTI citizens and question of whether Section 377 is unconstitutional is now being revisited by …
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July 19, 2018 -
What is Section 377? Everything you want to know
The Supreme Court on 10 July started hearing a bunch of petitions challenging Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Having rejected the Centre’s plea seeking postponement of the proceedings, the court will re-consider and examine the constitutional validity of Section 377, which criminalises any sexual activity that is "against the law of nature".
July 10, 2018 -
Section 377 | Decriminalising homosexuality: SC to hear petitions from today
On Monday, the apex court rejected the government's plea to defer it.
July 10, 2018 -
Looking backwards
It is a trifle disturbing that within days of its progressive assertion that law must keep pace with the times (when dealing with Section 377 IPC criminalising homosexuality) the apex court should have its energies consumed by the curious argument whether death by hanging is less barbaric than execution by lethal injection. That too after …
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January 16, 2018 -
Transgenders need progressive laws
Transgender-related issues have come to occupy centre stage and are acknowledged within our social and cultural framework, though social policies have failed to capture the specifics of their needs, experience and ground realities. Over the last decade, a divergent range of transgender identities have been articulated though transsexual narratives. The word ‘transgender’ is an umbrella …
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January 10, 2018 -
Positive re-looks
A refreshing gust of liberal thinking appears to have swept across power centres in New Delhi. The apex court’s decision to re-visit its previous orders on criminalisation of homosexuality and, albeit with a welcome nudge from the Centre, to take another look at making it necessary for cinemagoers to stand when the National Anthem was …
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January 10, 2018 -
SC to revisit gay sex verdict
In a significant move, the Supreme Court on Monday decided to reconsider its December 2013 judgment which had restored criminalisation of gay sex between consenting adults under a colonial British era legal ban on homosexuality. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices, A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said the apex court …
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January 9, 2018