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LGBT rights activists said womens safety shouldnt be used to discriminate against gay couples (Photo: AFP)

Meet the petitioners who challenged Section 377

In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

6 Sept 2018 1:33 PM IST

The lowest rungs of police forces often used the provision for harassment and extortion. The sooner its off the statute book, the easier life would get for LGBTQ people.

Gay sex not a crime in India: Supreme Court decriminalises Section 377

The five judge-bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra delivered the verdict on Thursday.

6 Sept 2018 11:55 AM IST

Section 377 of IPC refers to unnatural offence and says whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment for a term which may be extended to 10 years, and shall also be liable to pay a fine. (Photo: AP)

1861-2018: Section 377, a sorry British-era law that dies to give hope

Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on pleas challenging validity of Sec 377 of IPC that criminalises gay...

6 Sept 2018 11:23 AM IST

During the hearings, the Supreme Court had observed that stigma attached to gay sex will be removed once the criminality attached to Section 377 of the IPC goes. (Photo: PTI)

Is homosexuality a crime? SC to deliver verdict on Section 377...

The verdict is expected to be a landmark judgement with gay rights activists believing that SC will strike down section...

5 Sept 2018 5:56 PM IST

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377. (Photo: PTI)

LGBTQ: Social verdict still a mirage?

The preceding point may be supported by drawing attention to another, largely ignored issued.

12 Sept 2018 12:08 AM IST

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said (Television) Journalists behave as if they have turned Popes or guardians overnight. There are limits. (Photo: PTI)

Everyone has right to die with dignity: Chief Justice of India on...

The Aruna Shanbaug case led to a change in euthanasia laws of the country.

10 Sept 2018 10:39 AM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Gay sex: Most cases filed in UP, Kerala next

In the National Capital 183 cases were registered under Section 377 while in Maharashtra 170 such cases were lodged by...

10 Sept 2018 1:06 AM IST

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of Section 377, which criminalises consensual unnatural sex. (Photo: File | PTI)

377: Need a real change in State, society norms

Events have been moving in this direction for nearly a decade.

10 Sept 2018 12:55 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Gender justice prevails as archaic adultery law axed

It stands to reason that a consequence of jailing the man may make the offended woman's lot worse in getting...

28 Sept 2018 12:25 AM IST

A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377. (Photo: PTI)

Post-Section 377, Kerala HC allows lesbian couple to stay together

A 40-year-old woman from Kollam had filed a plea, alleging that her 24-year-old partner from had been illegally confined...

26 Sept 2018 9:20 AM IST

LGBTQ community members celebrate after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

After 377, opening up to a new imagination

The five-judge bench in the Navtej Singh Johar case did just that: it decriminalised homosexuality in India.

18 Sept 2018 12:04 AM IST

The minister was responding to a question about the governments view on promoting LGBT tourism in the country in the backdrop of the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality and Thailand promoting itself as a safe destination for the community. (Photo: Twitter | KJ Alphons)

No discrimination against tourists for sexual orientation: KJ Alphons

On September 6, the Supreme Court ruled that gay sex between consenting adults is not a crime saying sexual orientation...

17 Sept 2018 5:49 PM IST