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'SC verdict on adultery requires more clarity'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Congress leader Renuka Choudhary on Thursday hailed Supreme Court's verdict of scraping of the pre-Independence provision of adultery in the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, she felt more clarity was needed.
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Adultery a ground for divorce, but not a crime: SC
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 27 (ANI): Terming the two laws on adultery – Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 497 -- as unconstitutional and a colonial rule, the Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the two sections. While decriminalising adultery, the court also struck down section 1
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Supreme Court strikes down adultery law
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 27 (ANI): In a majority judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday decriminalised adultery by striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), terming it unconstitutional. The court observed that mere adultery cannot be a crime unless it attracts the scope of
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India gets first ever gender-neutral hostel in Mumbai's TISS
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sep 16 (ANI): After the historic verdict by the Supreme Court to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalised homosexuality, India has become the first-ever country to have a gender-neutral hostel.
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Case to be filed against Missionaries of Jesus for revealing nun's identit
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): A case will be registered against Missionaries of Jesus under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 228A (disclosure of the identity of the victim of certain offenses including rape) for publishing the photo of the victim nun.
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Opposition criticises Centre for not taking stand on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sep 9 (ANI): Echoing Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud's thoughts, the opposition is criticising the Narendra Modi-led government for not taking a stand on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalised homosexuality.
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Decriminalising homosexuality will tarnish Indian culture: Wasim Rizvi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi/Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 07 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi has claimed that Supreme Court's verdict decriminalising homosexuality will tarnish the Indian culture, and suggested the Apex Court to review its decision on Section 377 of the I
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Deepika, Ranveer celebrate Section 377 verdict the quirky way!
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sep 6 (ANI): As India continues to celebrate the Supreme Court's decision to decriminalise Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), everyone from activists to the common man is engulfed in the jollification.
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How Google is celebrating Section 377 verdict
Updated : 7 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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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UN in India hails SC order on Section 377
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): The United Nations in India welcomed the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of India on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and hoped that the ruling will be the first step towards guaranteeing full range of fundamental rights to LGBTI persons.
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