Section 377 – dMaculate.melange https://melange.dmaculate.me/home this, that, and the other Fri, 28 Jul 2023 20:19:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://melange.dmaculate.me/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/dm-red.png Section 377 – dMaculate.melange https://melange.dmaculate.me/home 32 32 222022991 India Supreme Court Strikes Down 157 Year Old Law Criminalizing Consensual Homosexual Acts Between Adults; Holds Section 377 IPC Unconstitutional To That Extent [Read Judgment] | Live Law https://melange.dmaculate.me/home/2018/09/07/india-supreme-court-strikes-down-157-year-old-law-criminalizing-consensual-homosexual-acts-between-adults-holds-section-377-ipc-unconstitutional-to-that-extent-read-judgment-live-law/ https://melange.dmaculate.me/home/2018/09/07/india-supreme-court-strikes-down-157-year-old-law-criminalizing-consensual-homosexual-acts-between-adults-holds-section-377-ipc-unconstitutional-to-that-extent-read-judgment-live-law/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:38:51 +0000 http://melange.dmaculate.me/2018/09/07/india-supreme-court-strikes-down-157-year-old-law-criminalizing-consensual-homosexual-acts-between-adults-holds-section-377-ipc-unconstitutional-to-that-extent-read-judgment-live-law/ https://www.livelaw.in/breaking-sc-strikes-down-157-year-old-law-criminalizing-consensual-homo-sexual-acts-between-adults-holds-section-377-ipc-unconstitutional/

Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it is a unanimous verdict expressed through four separate but concurring judgments.

“Section 377 IPC is irrational , indefensible and arbitrary.The majoritarian views and popular morality cannot dictate constitutional rights”

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