Homosexuality is legal in India: Landmark Supreme Court verdict

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Posted: 7 years ago

Section 377 verdict: Homosexuality is legal, says Supreme Court

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra comprising Rohinton Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra pronounced the verdict.

Published: 06th September 2018 11:51 AM | Last Updated: 06th September 2018 11:53 AM | A+A A-

Gay rights activists hold placards during a protest against a Supreme Court verdict that upheld section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes homosexuality, in New Delhi recently. (Photo | AP)

By Online Desk

The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalises homosexuality.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra comprising Rohinton Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra pronounced the verdict.

READ HERE: Meet the young lawyers who fought for decriminalising Section 377

The five-judge Constitution Bench started the hearing in the case on July 10 and reserved the verdict on July 17, with Justice Chandrachud orally observing that a person's choice of a partner is a fundamental right to life, and a partner' includes same-sex partner.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/sep/06/section-377-verdict-homosexuality-is-legal-says-supreme-court-1868345.html

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Posted: 7 years ago

Congratulations to the LGBT community...

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Posted: 7 years ago

Long overdue. Though this has largely been made possible by the 2017 SC recognition of Privacy as a fundamental right.

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A five-judge bench led by CJI Dipak Misraread down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, to exclude all kinds of adult consensual sexual behaviour. The law will still stand on the statute book to deal with unnatural sexual offences against minors and animals such as sodomy and bestiality.

The dreaded section not only made any kind of homosexual behaviour but also other kinds of "unnatural sex such as oral and anal sex etc a criminal offence.