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It is really a special day in India today. The Supreme Court (SC) has said that consensual adult gay sex is not a crime.ย The Supreme Court has hereby defanged the British-era Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which said that gay sex is a punishable crime. Todayโs judgment is a liberation for the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) community of India who has been fighting to legalize gay sex in the country.
Gay Sex Decriminalised In India, LGBTQ RejoiceA five-judge bench led by CJI Dipak Misra passed the judgment today excluding all kinds of adult consensual sexual behavior. The law still stands on the statute book to deal with unnatural sexual offenses against minors and animals.
CJI Dipak Misra said,
“Section 377 is irrational, arbitrary, and incomprehensible as it fetters the right to equality for the LGBT community. LGBT community possesses the same equality as other citizens.”
Hereโs a recap of the judicial happens in regards to decriminalizing sex between two consenting adults of the same sex:
โข The Delhi HC in 2009 decriminalized sex between consenting adults of the same sex
โข In 2013, this judgment was overthrown by the SC, which also dismissed a review plea
โข In 2017, the SC said privacy is a fundamental right which opened the doors for fresh pleas to decriminalize gay sex
Hereโs what Bollywood celebrities have been tweeting about homosexuality being decriminalized:
