Articles about Section 377

15 May 2022
IndiaThe Bombay High Court has declared that kissing on the lips and fondling are not unnatural activities under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

14 Oct 2020
IndiaIn what qualifies as a progressive statement, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, while hearing petitions of two same-sex couples regarding the legal recognition of their marriages, said laws are gender-neutral.

26 Sep 2019
IndiaIn a horrific incident, a 36-year-old man sustained grievous injuries after he was assaulted and gangraped by five men in Vashi, Navi Mumbai on Monday night.

04 Jul 2019
IndiaA temple in Varanasi witnessed a peculiar event on Tuesday, after two cousins, dressed in jeans and t-shirts, married one another.

10 May 2019
EntertainmentFollowing the success of Shubh Mangal Savdhan, a 2017 film that deals with erectile dysfunction, producer Aanand L. Rai brings to you a sequel titled Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan.

19 Apr 2019
IndiaDays after the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking civil rights for the LGBTQ+ community, a group of three friends have kick-started an initiative to ensure queer issues get political precedence.

19 Mar 2019
IndiaThe roads of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, were painted 'rainbow' on Sunday as the first pride parade after reading down of Section 377 was organized in the state.

05 Feb 2019
MumbaiAlmost five months after the Supreme Court read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, India's financial capital, hosted its first same-sex wedding reception at Anantha hotel, Kanjurmarg, last week.

25 Jan 2019
IndiaThe Supreme Court took a landmark decision last year as it read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalized gay sex.

10 Jan 2019
IndiaAddressing his annual press conference in New Delhi, Army Chief Bipin Rawat on Thursday said the army won't decriminalize gay sex in the army.

02 Jan 2019
IndiaBreaking gender barriers, two women from Uttar Pradesh, who were in love with each other for six years, divorced their husbands and got married to each other recently.

31 Dec 2018
IndiaIf 2018 can be summed up for India in a phrase, it would be called the 'year of reforms'.

27 Dec 2018
EntertainmentLove stories are dime a dozen in Bollywood and are the staple of most mainstream releases.

10 Dec 2018
IndiaIndia, the country with its archaic laws has never made a welcoming environment for individuals belonging to the LGBTQ community.

09 Dec 2018
EntertainmentKamaal R Khan, who is known for his problematic statements, has made it to the headlines for yet another controversy.

29 Nov 2018
IndiaFind what you love and let it kill you, for it is better to be killed by a loved one.

20 Oct 2018
IndiaSaying rights of adults can't be curtailed, the Kerala High Court recently came to rescue of a woman who wanted to live with her lesbian partner.

01 Oct 2018
IndiaChief Justice of India Dipak Misra held court, along with his successor Ranjan Gogoi, for the last time today.

30 Sep 2018
IndiaStriking down 158-year-old provisions of adultery under IPC Section 497, the Supreme Court recently said, "Any provision of law affecting individual dignity and equality of women invites wrath of Constitution. It's time to say that husband is not the master of wife."

28 Sep 2018
IndiaA former student of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, has filed a complaint with the institute's internal complaints committee, alleging that he was raped by a visiting speaker.

10 Sep 2018
Entertainment'Aligarh' writer Apurva Asrani is beaming with joy after reading down of Section 377 and has lauded the Supreme Court's decision.

10 Sep 2018
IndiaEncouraged by the Supreme Court's verdict of decriminalising homosexuality, India's first transgender bureaucrat, Aishwarya Rituparna Pradhan, wishes to get married to her long-time boyfriend.

08 Sep 2018
IndiaThe Supreme Court, which unanimously struck down part of the British-era law that criminalized gay sex, has traced the history of the 158-year-old provision in its judgment back to the reign of King Henry VIII in 1533.

07 Sep 2018
IndiaIt was all cheers and happy tears in the compound of Supreme Court and the country, in general, on Thursday as the apex court declared homosexuality was no longer a crime in India.

06 Sep 2018
WorldThe world media today hailed the overturning of a colonial-era law in India that criminalized gay sex, saying the landmark ruling was a boost for gay rights not only in the world's largest democracy but also the world.

06 Sep 2018
IndiaNow that the honorable Supreme Court has decriminalized gay sex, it's time for all of us to throw homophobia out of our lives.

06 Sep 2018
IndiaHomosexuality is not a crime, the RSS said on Thursday, while maintaining that it doesn't support same-sex marriage as it was "not natural".

06 Sep 2018
IndiaHeading a constitutional bench which read down Section 377 of the IPC, CJI Dipak Misra scripted history.

06 Sep 2018
EntertainmentThe Supreme Court, on Thursday, passed the historic judgement of decriminalizing Section 377.

06 Sep 2018
IndiaThe five-judge bench unanimously read down Section 377 of the IPC making 'Pride' the color of the season.

06 Sep 2018
IndiaReading down the Section 377 of IPC, the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgement on Thursday.

06 Sep 2018
IndiaAll eyes are set on the Supreme Court as it will, in a short while, give judgement on Section 377. The hearings lasted for four days in July, and the constitutional bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra had reserved the verdict then.

06 Sep 2018
IndiaIn a landmark judgement, the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped IPC Section 377 which made gay sex 'unnatural'.

25 Aug 2018
IndiaA man was booked in Jaipur on Friday for having unnatural sex with a female stray dog, police said.

16 Aug 2018
IndiaThe world has not been kind to the same-sex loving community. It's high time we stop insulting and shaming these individuals, because having a different sexual orientation doesn't make them any less human.

29 Jul 2018
IndiaIn a ghastly incident, eight men, most of them drug addicts, allegedly gangraped a three-month pregnant goat in Mewat, Haryana.

19 Jul 2018
IndiaA Gujarat woman has approached the court seeking stringent action against her husband for forcing her to perform oral sex in their four years of marriage.

17 Jul 2018
IndiaThe SC has reserved its order on the constitutionality of Section 377, arguments on which began on July 10.

17 Jul 2018
IndiaIn an appalling case, a man was arrested in Kolkata for raping a street dog inside his residence Sunday.

12 Jul 2018
IndiaIndu Malhotra is the first woman to be directly appointed as the Supreme Court judge and has recently expressed her support for the LGBTQ community's "Right to Live".