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How Google is celebrating Section 377 verdict
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): From activists to celebrities to the common man, everyone is engulfed in celebration after the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Fashion industry hails SC's order on section 377
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 6 (ANI): Terming it as a "historical judgment", the fashion industry lauded the Supreme Court's verdict that decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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A historic decision: LGBT community on SC decriminalising homosexuality
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Soon after the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement on Thursday, struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), celebrations broke out across the nation by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Intersex (LGBTI) community.
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Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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Punjab Cabinet approves life imprisonment for sacrilege of religious text
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday decided to bring an amendment to Indian Penal Code (IPC) to make sacrilege of all religious text punishable with life imprisonment.
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SC starts hearing on constitutional validity of adultery law
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing a petition seeking to make men and women equally liable under the offence of adultery, under Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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SC reserves order on scrapping of section 377
Updated : 7 years, 10 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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SC to resume hearing on Section 377 on July 17
Updated : 7 years, 10 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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Anti-gay law: Activists hopeful, SC to resume hearing
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court, on Thursday, will resume hearing a batch of petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexual activities.
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Centre opposes PIL seeking women liable under adultery offence
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday opposed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Joseph Shine, seeking to make men and women equally liable under the offence of adultery.
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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 10 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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SC hearing on Section 377 to continue today
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday will continue hearing a batch of petitions against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexual activities.
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