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Petition Against Verdict Criminalising Gay Sex No Longer Valid: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the curative pleas against the 2013 judgement, which had re-criminalised consensual gay sex in private, have become "infructuous" keeping in mind the subsequent 2018 verdict decriminalising the act.
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Supreme Court Judges Differ Over Scope For Review Of Gay Sex Law
Three Supreme Court judges, who are part of a five-judge constitution bench hearing the high-profile challenge to the constitutional validity of section 377 of the IPC, today differed over the scope and extent of examining the penal provision.
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Will Examine Correctness Of 2013 Verdict On Gay Sex, Says Supreme Court
A 150-year-old law that prescribes a life term in jail for gay sex is under spotlight as a five-judge Constitution Bench started hearing a bunch of petitions that call for its scrapping. The bench, however, said it would only examine the "correctness" of its verdict of 2013, which cancelled a Delhi High Court judgment that said the law criminalizin...
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5-Judge Constitution Bench Of Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Gay Sex Law
The newly re-constituted five-judge constitution bench will commence hearing of four crucial matters, including the issue of sexual relationship between persons of same sex, from July 10.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Fresh Plea Seeking To Decriminalise Gay Sex
The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the Centre seeking its reply on a plea by a group of 20 former and current students of the prestigious IITs challenging section 377 of the IPC, which criminalises unnatural sex between two consenting adults of the same gender.
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Will India Throw Out Archaic Law On Gay Sex? 5 Judges Asked To Decide
Whether a colonial-era ban on gay sex in India should stay or go will be taken up by a five-judge bench, the Supreme Court said today, leaving the door ajar for a review.
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Supreme Court to hear petition against its verdict on gay sex in open court
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear in open court curative plea of gay rights activists against its order of criminalising gay sex, giving a ray of hope to LGBT community that the controversial verdict may be reconsidered and modified.
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Supreme Court slams ministers for their comments against verdict on homosexuality
The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over statements made by some ministers, slamming the Supreme Court's judgement on homosexuality.
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Government files review plea against Supreme Court's order on gay sex
The government today filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's order which said that gay sex is a criminal offence. It has also pleaded the court for an open hearing.
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Supreme Court verdict talks of "so-called rights" of LGBT: excerpts
The Supreme Court today reinstated a ban on gay sex in a major setback for rights campaigners in the world's biggest democracy.
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Supreme Court says gay sex is illegal, only government can change law
The Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is a criminal offense, a verdict that is a major setback for human rights in the world's biggest democracy.
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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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Gay sex issue: Govt may seek more time from SC
The Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex has put the government in a fix as it remains undecided about its stand in the SC.
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Petition Against Verdict Criminalising Gay Sex No Longer Valid: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the curative pleas against the 2013 judgement, which had re-criminalised consensual gay sex in private, have become "infructuous" keeping in mind the subsequent 2018 verdict decriminalising the act.
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Supreme Court Judges Differ Over Scope For Review Of Gay Sex Law
Three Supreme Court judges, who are part of a five-judge constitution bench hearing the high-profile challenge to the constitutional validity of section 377 of the IPC, today differed over the scope and extent of examining the penal provision.
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Will Examine Correctness Of 2013 Verdict On Gay Sex, Says Supreme Court
A 150-year-old law that prescribes a life term in jail for gay sex is under spotlight as a five-judge Constitution Bench started hearing a bunch of petitions that call for its scrapping. The bench, however, said it would only examine the "correctness" of its verdict of 2013, which cancelled a Delhi High Court judgment that said the law criminalizin...
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5-Judge Constitution Bench Of Supreme Court To Hear Plea On Gay Sex Law
The newly re-constituted five-judge constitution bench will commence hearing of four crucial matters, including the issue of sexual relationship between persons of same sex, from July 10.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Fresh Plea Seeking To Decriminalise Gay Sex
The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the Centre seeking its reply on a plea by a group of 20 former and current students of the prestigious IITs challenging section 377 of the IPC, which criminalises unnatural sex between two consenting adults of the same gender.
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Will India Throw Out Archaic Law On Gay Sex? 5 Judges Asked To Decide
Whether a colonial-era ban on gay sex in India should stay or go will be taken up by a five-judge bench, the Supreme Court said today, leaving the door ajar for a review.
-
Supreme Court to hear petition against its verdict on gay sex in open court
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear in open court curative plea of gay rights activists against its order of criminalising gay sex, giving a ray of hope to LGBT community that the controversial verdict may be reconsidered and modified.
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Supreme Court slams ministers for their comments against verdict on homosexuality
The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure over statements made by some ministers, slamming the Supreme Court's judgement on homosexuality.
-
Government files review plea against Supreme Court's order on gay sex
The government today filed a review petition against the Supreme Court's order which said that gay sex is a criminal offence. It has also pleaded the court for an open hearing.
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Supreme Court verdict talks of "so-called rights" of LGBT: excerpts
The Supreme Court today reinstated a ban on gay sex in a major setback for rights campaigners in the world's biggest democracy.
-
Supreme Court says gay sex is illegal, only government can change law
The Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is a criminal offense, a verdict that is a major setback for human rights in the world's biggest democracy.
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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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Gay sex issue: Govt may seek more time from SC
The Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay sex has put the government in a fix as it remains undecided about its stand in the SC.
