Tag: homosexuality

Source – qz.com The supreme court of India today (Sept. 06) scrapped section 377 ofthe Indian penal code that criminalised homosexuality. A bench consisting of chief justice Dipak Misra and justices DY Chandrachud, AM Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra, and Rohinton Fali Nariman, in separate but concurring judgments, ruled that India’s LGBTQ community has the same sexual rights as everyone else. The supreme

Source – ndtv.com The Victorian-era morality, prohibitions, unsafe sex and living in denial have led to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS and it cannot be blamed on homosexual relationships, the Supreme Court today said while observing the sexual intercourse itself should not be seen as a crime. The apex court termed the prohibitions

Source – moneycontrol.com The plea to quash the infamous Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has risen from the grave and made its way back to the Supreme Court yet again after ruthlessly being thrown out in 2013. What needs to be seen is whether the apex court will scrap the section or condone it