5 Petitioners Who Challenged Criminalizing Section 377, Gay Rights: Take A Look
The Supreme Court today will decide on whether homosexuality is a crime in India. The top court will pronounce its verdict on petitions challenging the colonial-era Section 377 that criminalises consensual gay sex. In 2013, the Supreme Court had cancelled a Delhi high court order that had decriminalized homosexuality, by overturning the outdated law, saying it was up to parliament to take a call on scrapping laws. Five celebrities, in 2016, petitioned the Supreme Court to reconsider its own ruling."