Supreme Court ruled that consensual gay sex is not a crime and struck down the British-era law. LGBTQ activist Mohnish Malhotra said hearin...

Writing a 181-page verdict, Justice Chandrachud said the human instinct to love was "caged" by constraining the physical manifestation of t...

The SC on Thursday unanimously decriminalised part of the 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consens...

While former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee termed it as a "celebratory" judgment, senior advocate Anand Grover said the verdict will chang...

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had reserved its verdict on July 17 after hearing various stakeholders,...

The verdict is likely to be pronounced before October 2 this year as Justice Misra would be retiring as CJI on that day.

Courts are not in obligation to wait and would act if any violation of fundamental right was brought before it: SC

SC said LGBTQ community faced stigma because of the criminality attached to consensual same-sex relationship.

Swamy said allowing it would lead to setting up of gay bars which some American investors wanted to do in India.

In the US, where conservative Christianity is a powerful force, the SC has upheld gay marriage as a fundamental right, striking down many s...

A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya set aside the 2009 Delhi High Court judgement which had decriminalised gay sex.

'LGBT rights are human rights. We call on all governments to advance equality for LGBT individuals around the world," State Department spok...

The Central government on Tuesday changed its stand on homosexuality issue in the SC, saying there is no error in decriminalising gay sex.

As expected, the Centre on Thursday decided against opposing the Delhi High Court decriminalising consensual gay sex.

The Union Cabinet will on Thursday take a call on the Delhi High Court’s landmark judgement on Section 377 de-criminalising homosexual rela...

The decision to ask the Union Cabinet to take a final call on the recent Delhi High Court judgement legalising adult gay sex may only help ...

However, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality, will continue for non-consensual and non-vaginal sex. 'Gay ...