It is not illegal to be a homosexual in India anymore

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Channel: ThePrint · 2018 · News & Politics

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In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court Thursday decriminalised homosexuality under the controversial Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, calling the law “irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary”.

The judgement undoing the 157-year-old Colonial era law was delivered by a five-judge Constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. In all, there were four concurring judgments.

“The LGBT community possess equal rights under the Constitution,” said the CJI.

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