New Delhi's High Court Rules India's Criminalisation of Homosexuality Unconstitutional
New Delhi's High Court has issued a ruling that said the section of India's Penal Code that criminalised homosexuality (S377) was a violation of fundamental rights and unconstitutional. The laws were drafted by the British 150 years ago. Law minister Veerappa Moily said that the government would have to “examine the verdict” in which the Court recommended the formal abolition of Section 377 as it is unconstitutional.
The joy on this man's face says it all:
Obviously this a great step forward for gay people in India and it follows tremendous changes in Nepal's treatment of gay people following the abolition of the monarchy, including court rulings (which have not been enacted through legislation) that legalised same-sex marriage in that country.
The joy on this man's face says it all:
Obviously this a great step forward for gay people in India and it follows tremendous changes in Nepal's treatment of gay people following the abolition of the monarchy, including court rulings (which have not been enacted through legislation) that legalised same-sex marriage in that country.