Section 377 Archives

News Reports

Supreme Court’s Constitution Bench to hear petitions on same-sex marriage, Centre says let Parliament decide. Here’s all you need to know

Ashish Dev Priy Ojha - 14 March, 2023

The hearing on the case in Supreme Court will begin on April 18.

News Reports

Third anniversary of Section 377 verdict: How Manmohan Singh govt stonewalled the removal of a colonial law that criminalised gay relationships

Jinit Jain - 6 September, 2021

In 2009, the UPA-II government had the golden opportunity to outlaw the controversial provisions under Section 377, but it had it squandered the opportunity, choosing instead to take a conflicting stand and avoid responsibility.

News Reports

Jharkhand: Lesbian cousin sisters marry each other in a temple, had fled from home to live together

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2020

As the women are consenting adults, the police had turned their families away when they complained.

Crime

Bhopal: 55-year-old Sabir Ali enters dairy farm and rapes a cow, arrested after CCTV footage revealed crime

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2020

Incidentally, the CCTV camera in the dairy farm captured the ghoulish incident, where the accused had stealthily entered and brutalised the animal.

News Reports

Society is changing and we need to accommodate everyone so they do not feel isolated: RSS backs LGBT rights

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2019

The apex court on September 6, 2018, had unanimously decriminalised the part of Section 377, which criminalised same-gender sex, saying it violated the rights to equality

Fact-Check

Shashi Tharoor distorts government reply given in Parliament, presents 3-year-old numbers as current data

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2019

Tharoor's assertion that thousands of cases under IPC section 377 at present is wrong and misleading, which can be proved by a casual reading of the answer given by the ministry.

Law

Mizoram : Leaders of 14 Churches reject Supreme Court order order on Section 377

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2018

Certain minority groups have severely criticised the Supreme Court's judgement to scrap controversial Section 377.

News Reports

Mumbai Police called out for patronising Hindus while maintaining silence on Mosques using loudspeakers

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2018

People on social weren't very pleased with the hypocrisy of the Mumbai Police.

Law

‘Jesus will arrive to punish’ shouted a Christian pastor on the recent SC judgement decriminalising homosexuality

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2018

The recent judgement declaring the legality of Homosexual relationships has not received well by certain sections

Law

No, homosexual acts have NOT been decriminalized in India

Abhishek Banerjee - 7 September, 2018

Are our liberals willing to join the charge for gay rights in Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir?

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