New Delhi |ย The Supreme Court on Thursday said jails are overcrowded, and the situation is terrible there – from sodomy to forced homosexuality, and it fills the prisoner with revenge against the system. A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy made these observations after directing the Taloja Jail Superintendent to immediately shift Gautam […]
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‘No space for homosexuality, adultery in Indian Army’
New Delhi:ย ย The Indian Army has written to the Ministry of Defence to ensure homosexuality and adultery remains punishable offences, sources said on Thursday. This comes even after the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality and adultery. The Indian Army wants both the offences to be punishable under Section 45 of the Army Act that deals with ‘Unbecoming […]
Great day for India: UN on homosexuality decriminalisation
Geneva :ย Michelle Bachelet, the new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, on Friday applauded the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to decriminalise homosexuality by repealing a 2013 verdict which had criminalised gay sex. “This is a great day for India and for all those who believe in the universality of human rights,” Efe news quoted […]
Decriminalising gay sex: Logic and love have won, says Kolkata boy
Kolkata :ย Hailing the Supreme Court verdict on decriminalising homosexuality, Kolkata boy Samarpan Maiti, the second runner-up of Mr Gay World 2018, said on Thursday that it is like getting “released from a dark jail,” as he felt sensitising the society would now be the key. The apex court has ruled that Section 377 of […]
Homosexuality not crime but needs social, psychological solutions: RSS
New Delhi :ย The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday said that it does not endorse homosexuality because it needs to be addressed socially and psychologically but at the same time the organisation agrees with the Supreme Court’s view that same sex relations are not a crime. “Like SC, we also do not consider this […]
Finally free to live, love: Indian fashion frat on SC verdict on homosexuality
New Delhi :ย As India’s apex court decriminalised homosexuality in a landmark judgment here on Thursday, ace fashion designer Suneet Varma said it is a day that has restored his faith in the Indian judicial system, while Wendell Rodricks had a sigh of relief that “I am no longer a criminal”, and jewellery designer Akaash […]
Homosexuality verdict will help eliminate stigma: UN
New Delhi :ย Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on Thursday decriminalising homosexuality, the UN said the verdict will help eliminate stigma and discrimination against the LGBTIQ community. “Sexual orientation and gender expression form an integral part of an individual’s identity the world over, and violence, stigma and discrimination based on these attributes constitute an egregious […]
Homosexuality no longer a crime in India rules Supreme Court
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped section 377 of the IPC which criminalises consensual homosexual act. The apex court ruled that the Gay sex among consenting adults is not longer an offence. This has come as a huge victory for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community in India. The […]
Indonesia lists homosexuality as ‘mental disorder’
Jakartaย :ย Indonesia is about to publish a medical guide where it has listed homosexuality as a mental disorder, the Health Ministry said on Friday. According to the guide, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals community are at risk of mental disorders owing to their sexual orientation, the Ministry’s Director of Prevention and Control for Mental Problems told […]