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LGBTI possesses same rights as enjoyed by others: SC
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep. 6 (ANI): Homosexuality is not a crime in India anymore, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in a historic decision.
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UNAIDS welcomes SC decision on IPC 377, urges other countries to follow In
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sept 06 (ANI): The UNAIDS (United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of India to annul key provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The world agency expressed hope that this decision sets the trend and is
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SC decriminalises homosexuality: B-Town hails 'historical judgment'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): 'Three cheers for the Supreme Court,' screamed Bollywood as the apex court on Thursday decriminalised homosexuality.
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Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep. 6 (ANI): In a landmark judgement, after months of deliberations, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalised homosexuality.
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SC reserves order on scrapping of section 377
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved the order on scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality.
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BJP creating an atmosphere of hate and crime: CPI(M)
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 1 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist), General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of creating an atmosphere of fear and crime in the society of electoral gains.
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SC to resume hearing on Section 377 on July 17
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 12 (ANI): The Supreme court will resume hearing on the petitions filed against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexual activities, on July 17.
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Govt affidavit solely about privacy: Swamy on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): A day after the Centre put the onus on Supreme Court to decide on the constitutionality of Section 377, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy clarified that the government wanted the court to only decide if homosexual activities in private wo
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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, lawyer for one of the petitioners Menaka Guruswamy on Wednesday said that the section
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If enacted, Section 377 'won't withstand the test of constitutionality'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, advocate Arvind Dattar said if enacted the law "won't withstand the test of constitutiona
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Section 377: Centre to file response in SC today
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Soon after a Constitution Bench of Supreme Court began hearing the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Central Government, told the cour
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Homosexuality a danger to national security: Swamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on petitions filed against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday opined that homosexuality was a danger to national security.
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