With Section 377 out, hopes now for renewed efforts of HIV prevention among high risk groupsOne of the key recommendations that global public health organisations like WHO have have stressed on is preventing AIDS among high risk gr...
14 Sep, 2018, 06.43 PM IST
Section 377: A battle half wonNow that Section 377 is gone, are homosexuals finally equal citizens? Will landlords and employers accept same-sex couples? Will the law re...
08 Sep, 2018, 11.38 PM IST
SC judge criticises government for leaving it to wisdom of court to decide on Section 377Justice D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday that in Section 377 the judgment really represented in that sense the battle between laws of a col...
08 Sep, 2018, 03.33 PM IST
As court reasons with rhyme, all is fair in love at lastJustice Chandrachud referred to Oscar Wilde's arrest in 1895 for "committing gross indecency with male persons".
07 Sep, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Section 377: Here is everything you need to knowThe issue of Section 377 was first raised by NGO Naaz Foundation, which had approached the Delhi High Court in 2001.
07 Sep, 2018, 10.35 AM IST
Section 377: Impact will be felt beyond IndiaJustice AP Shah, architect of the landmark Delhi high court judgment that first decriminalised homosexuality in July 2009, writes exclusive...
07 Sep, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
Now, time to give LGBTs marriage & parenting rightsNo provision in existing laws allows couples or a single LGBT person to adopt.
07 Sep, 2018, 10.21 AM IST
Sec 377 decriminalised: Aamir Khan hails 'historic day', Preity Zinta calls for freedom to loveVoices across India's cultural spectrum have welcomed the apex court's decision.
06 Sep, 2018, 03.45 PM IST
Section 377: Government leaves decision to the wisdom of the Supreme CourtSubmitting affidavit in the apex court, ASG Tushar Mehta told the five-judge constitution bench that the Centre will leave the matter of co...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.06 PM IST
Section 377: Yet another chance to get on the right side of historyWith a five-judge bench of the Court poised to take up hearings on Section 377 this week, the number of petitions against the law shows how...
07 Jul, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
How SC’s Section 377 approach took a 180° turnSC's decision to review its own four-year-old verdict criminalising consensual sexual relationship in private between adults of same gender...
09 Jan, 2018, 09.10 AM IST
Section 377: Unlike RSS, BJP shies away from taking a stand on homosexualityThe lack of cohesion in BJP’s position is in contrast with its RSS which has come out devouring decriminalisation of homosexuality.
19 Mar, 2016, 12.43 AM IST
Supreme Court refers petition on Section 377 to five-member benchA five-judge bench of the Supreme Court will decide the legality of a Victoria era law that criminalises homosexuality.
02 Feb, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Government worried transgenders bill could lead to scrap of Section 377The Centre is worried that the private members' bill on transgender rights could provide a strong opening for decriminalization of homosexu...
22 Jul, 2015, 11.24 AM IST
Section 377: A 19th century law at odds with ground realityThe SC verdict upholding an archaic British law criminalizing homosexuality has resulted in the legal equivalent of an Alice-in-Wonderland ...
23 Dec, 2013, 11.46 AM IST
Government told SC Section 377 didn’t reflect Indian valuesIntroduction of Sec 377 in India was not a reflection of existing Indian values. Rather, it was imposed upon Indian society due to the mora...
13 Dec, 2013, 11.17 AM IST
- Centre opposes decriminalisation of homosexuality in SC
The Centre opposes dilution of Section 377 of Indian Penal Code by Delhi high court, which decriminalised sexual act in private between con...
23 Feb, 2012, 01.02 PM IST