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"I believe this is the right thing to do, and something that most Singaporeans will now accept," PM Lee Hsien Loong said as he announced that Singapore will decriminalise gay sex.
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General Rawat, during his annual press conference, said such actions are forbidden in the Army.
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Justice D Y Chandrachud said that in Section 377 the judgment really represented in that sense the battle between laws of a colonial origin and laws which must truly represent constitutional values.
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72 countries and territories worldwide still continue to criminalise same-sex relationships.
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Tharoor said that the SC ruling on gay sex was a big slap on BJP which opposed it.
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In four separate but concurring judgements, the top court set aside its 2013 verdict in the Suresh Kaushal case which had re-criminalised consensual unnatural sex.
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SC said that the part of Section 377 dealing with homosexuality is violative of the right to equality and the right to live with dignity.
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The verdict, which is also an important issue globally, has been covered by several media organisations worldwide.
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Headed by the CJI, the 5-judge bench comprised of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra.
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"Any consensual sexual relationship between consenting adults - homosexuals, heterosexuals or lesbians - cannot be said to be unconstitutional," said the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, as he read out the judgement.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 6) read down Section 377 and said that homosexuality cannot be considered a crime.
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Members of the LGBT community, including rights activists, broke into celebration as the Supreme Court judgement was read out.
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In a landmark judgement, the SC on Thursday repealed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, decriminalising consensual gay sex.
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The five-judge bench of the SC led by CJI Dipak Misra unanimously decriminalised consensual gay sex.
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The archaic law making gay sex a crime was introduced during the British era in 1862.
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Section 377 refers to 'unnatural offences' and says whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 10 years.
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The SC bench said the moment it is convinced about violation of the fundamental right, the object of these fundamental rights give power to the court to strike down the law.
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The apex court had in 2013 had restored the criminality of the sexual relationship between persons of the same sex, after the Delhi High Court' had decriminalised it in 2009.
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The apex court had in 2013 had restored the criminality of the sexual relationship between persons of the same sex, after the Delhi High Court' had decriminalised it in 2009.
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Valentine`s Day was banned in some Indonesian cities Wednesday as police rounded up amorous couples, giving the official kiss-off to a tradition which critics say doesn`t deserve any love in the Muslim-majority nation.
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