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Top OTT Releases This Week: Murder in Mahim, Doctor Who Season 14, and More
The Great Indian Kapil Show’s episode with the star cast of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar will drop on May 11
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Murder in Mahim Review: JioCinema Original Examines Homophobia Through the Lens of a Crime Drama
The show is set in Mumbai of 2013, when Article 377 was still in the picture and homosexuality was criminalised.
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Once Criminality Of Article 377 Goes, So Will LGBTQ Stigma: Supreme Court
Once the criminality of consensual gay sex goes away, then related issues like social stigma and discrimination against the LGBTQ community will also go, said the Supreme Court today.
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Transgender Community Sees Ray Of Hope In Supreme Court's Privacy Verdict
India's transgender community hopes that the recent Supreme Court judgement on privacy will not just strike down a law against homosexuality, but also change mindsets on gender identities and sexual choices.
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Petition Against Ban On Gay Sex To Be Heard By Chief Justice Of India
A new petition challenging a colonial era ban on gay sex will be heard by the Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court said today.
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Petition Against Ban On Gay Sex To Be Heard By Chief Justice Of India
Some high-profile celebrities, who claim to be part of the LGBT community, have approached the Supreme Court seeking quashing of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality in the country.
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Swara Bhaskar: Shameful to Have Article 377 in a Democracy Like Ours
"It's really important that laws change. It's not okay to have a law which criminalises homosexuality or unnatural sex or whatever weird language it's put in. You're making not just gay people but even heterosexuals vulnerable at the hands of the agents of the state like the police," she said
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Supreme Court verdict on plea against decriminalising gay sex likely today
The top court will deliver its order on petitions challenging the landmark Delhi High Court judgment of 2009 decriminalising homosexuality.
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Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural, Supreme Court told
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Senior counsel Amarendra Saran told the court during the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court's July 2, 2009 verdict holding ...
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Supreme Court to hear on legalisation of gay rights today
The Supreme Court will hear today the issue of decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly would be hearing a bunch of petitions filed by gay rights activists and political, social and religious organisations who have opposed the Delhi High Court verd...
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Govt may not contest judgement on gays
The government indicates it may not contest the judgement that makes gay consensual sex among adults legal, but religious leaders oppose it.
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Top OTT Releases This Week: Murder in Mahim, Doctor Who Season 14, and More
The Great Indian Kapil Show’s episode with the star cast of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar will drop on May 11
-
Murder in Mahim Review: JioCinema Original Examines Homophobia Through the Lens of a Crime Drama
The show is set in Mumbai of 2013, when Article 377 was still in the picture and homosexuality was criminalised.
-
Once Criminality Of Article 377 Goes, So Will LGBTQ Stigma: Supreme Court
Once the criminality of consensual gay sex goes away, then related issues like social stigma and discrimination against the LGBTQ community will also go, said the Supreme Court today.
-
Transgender Community Sees Ray Of Hope In Supreme Court's Privacy Verdict
India's transgender community hopes that the recent Supreme Court judgement on privacy will not just strike down a law against homosexuality, but also change mindsets on gender identities and sexual choices.
-
Petition Against Ban On Gay Sex To Be Heard By Chief Justice Of India
A new petition challenging a colonial era ban on gay sex will be heard by the Chief Justice of India, the Supreme Court said today.
-
Petition Against Ban On Gay Sex To Be Heard By Chief Justice Of India
Some high-profile celebrities, who claim to be part of the LGBT community, have approached the Supreme Court seeking quashing of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality in the country.
-
Swara Bhaskar: Shameful to Have Article 377 in a Democracy Like Ours
"It's really important that laws change. It's not okay to have a law which criminalises homosexuality or unnatural sex or whatever weird language it's put in. You're making not just gay people but even heterosexuals vulnerable at the hands of the agents of the state like the police," she said
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Supreme Court verdict on plea against decriminalising gay sex likely today
The top court will deliver its order on petitions challenging the landmark Delhi High Court judgment of 2009 decriminalising homosexuality.
-
Homosexuality, lesbian relationships unnatural, Supreme Court told
The Supreme Court on Wednesday was told that homosexuality and lesbian relationship were unnatural and against the order of nature as provided under the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Senior counsel Amarendra Saran told the court during the hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the Delhi High Court's July 2, 2009 verdict holding ...
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Supreme Court to hear on legalisation of gay rights today
The Supreme Court will hear today the issue of decriminalisation of gay sex among consenting adults in private. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly would be hearing a bunch of petitions filed by gay rights activists and political, social and religious organisations who have opposed the Delhi High Court verd...
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Govt may not contest judgement on gays
The government indicates it may not contest the judgement that makes gay consensual sex among adults legal, but religious leaders oppose it.
