Lgbtqia Rights

Section 377 verdict: Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Aamir Khan celebrate Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court on Thursday passed a landmark judgement of decriminalising consensual sex between individuals belonging to the LGBTQIA community

UN lauds Supreme Court verdict on Section 377, hopes it will boost efforts to eliminate stigma

United Nations India Thursday lauded the Supreme Court for striking down a "key component" of IPC's Section 377 which criminalises "specific sexual acts between adults" and said the judgment will boost efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination against LGBTQ persons.

Supreme Court strikes down Section 377 that criminalised 'unnatural sex', says history owes apology to LGBTQ persons

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra termed the part of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises unnatural sex as irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary.