The Supreme Court of India on September 06 delivered a historic verdict in which it read down Section 377 as no longer a criminal offence in the country.
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Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code considered consensual sex between homosexuals as ‘unnatural’ or ‘against the order of the nature’. Though, the Delhi High Court had decriminalized homosexuality in 2009, the order was repealed by the apex court in 2013.
Lawyers, activists, LGBT members burnt midnight oil to challenge court’s order citing that Constitution must recognise love and not just sexual acts (Menaka Guruswamy). As soon as the verdict was announced, ecstatic Indians took to streets to display gestures of love, harmony and peace. Celebrations and drum beats could be heard in every major city.
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