Section 377 News
Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud was speaking at a function to mark the fourth anniversary of the landmark Indian Section 377 judgment.
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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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Chronology of events which dealt with the Supreme Court's decision to decriminalize a part of section 377 of the IPC.
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.
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.
The verdict, which is also an important issue globally, has been covered by several media organisations worldwide.
Headed by the CJI, the 5-judge bench comprised of Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra.
"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.
The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 6) read down Section 377 and said that homosexuality cannot be considered a crime.
Celebrating Supreme Court's historic verdict decriminalising homosexuality under, Congress on Thursday said that the judgement marks the first step towards an equal and inclusive society.
Members of the LGBT community, including rights activists, broke into celebration as the Supreme Court judgement was read out.
In a landmark judgement, the SC on Thursday repealed Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, decriminalising consensual gay sex.
Several Bollywood celebs including Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar and Arjun Kapoor have reacted to this historic judgement
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