Centre opposes same-sex marriages in Delhi HC, says not compatible with 'Indian family unit concept'
Feb 26, 2021, at 04:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Thursday opposed the petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage in India and told the Delhi High court that living together as partners and having a sexual relationship by same-sex individuals are "not compatible with the Indian family unit concept."
Jul 21, 2019, at 12:50 am
New Delhi, July 21 (IBNS): Lawyers Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju, who fought and won the battle to make homosexuality as legal in India, have recently confessed to international media about their relationship.
Congress welcomes Supreme Court's verdict legalising gay sex
Sep 06, 2018, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The Congress has welcomed the Supreme Court's judgement to strike down Section 377, which earlier held gay sex as a criminal activity in India.
Our work starts from today, the road is long: Activist says after India decriminalises gay sex
Sep 06, 2018, at 04:30 pm
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): On a historic day when the LGBTQ community in India is celebrating a new lease of life, following the apex court verdict which decriminalises gay sex in the country, a prominent activist has warned the people against getting complacent.
Sep 06, 2018, at 02:09 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): As the Supreme Court of India on Thursday scripted history by moving to scrap the draconian Section 377 of Indian Penal Code that considered gay sex as a crime, a large number of Indians and the entire LGBTQ community and rights groups celebrated the judgement that came after a long struggle of the gay community.
It is not crime to be gay in India anymore: Supreme Court
Sep 06, 2018, at 11:59 am
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): In a historic judgement that can be called a milestone in the movement for gay rights in India, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that homosexuality is not a crime in the country anymore with the top court moving to scrap Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a British era law that treated the practice as unnatural.
Supreme Court likely to pronounce its verdict on Section 377 tomorrow
Sep 05, 2018, at 05:19 pm
New Delhi, Sept 5 (IBNS): The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its verdict on the validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code on Thursday.
Centre leaves section 377 which criminalises gay sex up to Supreme Court wisdom
Jul 11, 2018, at 12:20 pm
New Delhi, July 11 (IBNS): Days after trying to defer the hearing by a month, the Centre on Wednesday said it has left the matter of Section 377, which holds gay sex as an offence in India, up to the wisdom of the Supreme Court which is now reviewing its own earlier verdict on the issue, media reports said.
Supreme Court begins hearing pleas against section 377 that criminalises gay sex
Jul 10, 2018, at 02:03 pm
New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS): Revisiting its own verdict of 2013 which reversed a 2009 Delhi High Court judgement decriminalizing homosexuality in India, a five-member Supreme Court bench on Tuesday started hearing the pleas against section 377 which holds gay sex as an offence in the eyes of law.
Supreme Court to hear today pleas against section 377 that criminalises gay sex
Jul 10, 2018, at 11:00 am
New Delhi, July 10 (IBNS): Revisiting its own order, the Supreme Court will hear the pleas against section 377 which holds gay-sex as an offence in the eyes of law, media reports said.
Jan 08, 2018, at 07:46 pm
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Monday said it will re-examine its 2013 verdict on Section 377 of the IPC which criminalised homosexuality and referred the matter to a larger bench, reports said.