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  Section 377: Supreme Court notice to Centre on fresh pleas seeking to decriminalise gay sex

  India | May 01, 2018 20:07 IST

  Section 377 IPC violates the fundamental right to privacy and does not meet the three-fold requirements laid down by this Court ..., which may justify restraints on privacy, the fresh plea said.

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  Supreme Court notice to Centre on plea against criminalisation of homosexuality

  India | April 23, 2018 17:56 IST

  Owing to Section 377 of the IPC continuing on the statute book, various adult and consenting members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender and Queer) community continue to face the threat of a false prosecution, the plea said.

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  SC hearing on Aadhaar case: 'Aadhaar may cause death of citizens' civil rights', petitioner's counsel tells apex court

  India | January 17, 2018 19:52 IST

  A five-judge SC bench will commence the hearing on a range of crucial matters from January 17, including Aadhaar, Section 377, Sabarimala, religious identity of women after marriage and several others.

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  Section 377 review: Subramanian Swamy says he's fine with LGBTQ community as long as they do what they do in private

  India | January 08, 2018 16:04 IST

  The apex court on Monday directed the review of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which bans any kind of sex not between a man and a woman.

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  Supreme Court to review Section 377 criminalising gay sex, refers matter to larger bench

  India | January 08, 2018 22:58 IST

  The Supreme Court said that the issue arising out of section 377 of the IPC required to be debated upon by a larger bench.

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  'Sexual orientation essential attribute of privacy': SC’s verdict could impact Section 377

  India | August 24, 2017 18:10 IST

  In several references in the judgement, Justice Chandrachud on Thursday dismissed the reasons cited by the Supreme Court in upholding Section 377 that criminalises gay sex

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  SC rejects plea by LGBT ‘activists’ on Section 377, refers it to Constitution bench

  India | June 29, 2016 12:22 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to examine a fresh Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking repealing of Section 377 and referred the petition to the Chief Justice of India, saying the issue was

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  SC ready for relook at Sec 377, refers petition to five-judge bench

  India | February 02, 2016 16:10 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to reconsider its earlier decision criminalising homosexuality and referred the curative petition filed by activists in this regard to a Constitution bench of five judges.Three senior most judges

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  Supreme Court to hear petition challenging Sec 377 today

  India | February 02, 2016 7:57 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear in open court on Tuesday a curative petition of gay activists challenging its verdict criminalising homosexuality in the country.A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur agreed

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  Real life 'Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho': Youth booked for raping calf in UP

  India | August 05, 2015 23:27 IST

  Bulandshahr: In a real life case having striking similarity with Bollywood movie ‘Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho', a 25-year-old youth was today booked for allegedly raping a seven-month-old cow in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.The incident

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  Never said section 377 could be scrapped, clarifies Law Minister Gowda

  Politics | June 30, 2015 15:03 IST

  New Delhi: Union Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda today rejected the reports in which he was quoted as saying that the government could decriminalise ‘unnatural sex' by scrapping Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.“I

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  LGBT activists stage 'pride parade'

  India | November 24, 2014 9:17 IST

  Bengaluru: Supporters of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community yesterday staged a ‘pride parade' here, challenging the Supreme Court's verdict upholding the validity of Section 377 of the IPC which makes gay sex an

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  No plans to amend Section 377 till SC decision: Modi govt

  India | July 22, 2014 17:41 IST

  New Delhi: The Centre today said it has no plans to amend or repeal Section 377 of the IPC, criminalising sex among homosexuals, till the issue is settled by the Supreme Court. “No. The matter

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  Transgenders socially, economically backward: SC

  India | April 15, 2014 12:56 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said that transgenders should be treated a third category and would be considered as socially and economically backward classes and as such entitled to job reservation.Recongising transgenders as third

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  No ban on gay sex, says AAP

  Politics | December 13, 2013 6:46 IST

  New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said Thursday that it was disappointed with a Supreme Court ruling upholding section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that bans gay sex."The Supreme Court judgment thus