The first failure, the dismissal of the Naz petition in 2004 and the review petition arising out of it in the Delhi Hc on technical grounds, was a big let-down but not for long as the SC set aside the ...

Supporters of the LGBT community celebrating the Supreme Court's verdict of decriminalizing gay sex and revocation of the archaic Section 377 law, during a march in September 2018. (Courtesy: Reuters ...

Enactment of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, repealing of outdated laws like triple talaq and sedition, and striking down of Section 377 will be part of the CBSE's Legal Studies curriculum from the ...

Paul Boyce has received funding from the ESRC. Aniruddha Dutta has received research grants from the University of Minnesota to work with queer and trans-gender people in Eastern India as part of her ...

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which punishes homosexuality, had remained on the books for so long—since 1861—that even its language was fusty and antique. “Whoever voluntarily has carnal ...

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday decriminalized consensual sex with members of the same sex by ruling [judgment, PDF] that part of Section 377 [text] of the Indian Penal Code violated ...