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Section 377: A battle may be won, but the war still remains

Saumya Gourisaria Sep 8, 2018

The LGBT community has lived with the stigma attached to their identities and the entire fight was to be treated equally. In 2009, when the Delhi High Court had decriminalised consensual…

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Sashi Tharoor on Section 377: It’s about freedom of Indians in a democracy not just about sex

Joseph Biswas Sep 6, 2018

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomed Supreme Court’s landmark verdict on the freedom of homosexuality in India by saying that it was not just about the independence of any particular sex but…

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Section 377 Verdict: United Nations calls first step towards full fundamental rights to LGBT

Omair Iqbal Sep 6, 2018

September 6 will always be remembered as a historic day as the Supreme Court of India decriminalised the homosexuality and quashed section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) a colonial-era…

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Section 377 verdict: Supreme Court to hear case tomorrow

Omair Iqbal Sep 5, 2018

The highly anticipated verdict on a bunch of pleas, challenging the validity of section 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) that penalises consensual LGBT sex in India, will be heard on Thursday.…