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News Source: Hindustan times
| 5 months ago
Singapore has ruled out decriminalising gay sex after a Delhi High Court order legalising homosexuality, as both the nations share the same Penal Code inherited from the colonial British. The city-state's Section 377A of its Penal Code states sex...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 5 months ago
A large number of Indians, including gay rights activists, have welcomed decriminalization of homosexuality in the country, with some hailing a national capital court judgement on the issue as a "landmark verdict". Delhi High Court has ruled...
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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
It was a novel that told the story of India in a time of change and transition, as a newly independent country fought to find its way...Detailing an anxious mother's search for a match for her daughter, it was called A Suitable Boy. Now the poet and...
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News Source: The Herald
| 5 months ago
New Delhi's gay community celebrated a landmark court ruling Thursday that decriminalizes homosexuality — a decision that could end widespread police harassment and be a harbinger for gradual acceptance for homosexuals across this deeply...
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News Source: Toronto Star
| 5 months ago
In a landmark ruling yesterday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi's highest court decriminalized homosexuality. The ruling applies only to New Delhi and to consensual sex among adults older than...
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News Source: The Economic Times
| 5 months ago
Bringing out the deep divisions in Indian society about homosexuality, netizens have given a mixed reaction to the court ruling legalising gay sex, with some terming it as a "great judgement" and some saying same-sex relations are "unnatural" and...
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News Source: United Press International
| 5 months ago
A New Delhi high court legalized gay sex between consenting adults, saying an Indian law making such acts a criminal offense violated fundamental rights. However, the Press Trust of India reported the court Thursday let stand a section of the Indian...
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News Source: BBC South Asia
| 5 months ago
The ruling on Thursday overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offence". Homosexual acts were punishable by a 10-year prison sentence. Many people in India regard same-sex relationships as...
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News Source: Scoop
| 5 months ago
Indian court to overturn a 150-year-old law and decriminalize homosexuality, voicing hope that more countries that ban same-sex activity will follow suit. The Delhi High Court said the law – Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which outlaws...
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News Source: The Mercury News
| 5 months ago
In a move that could bring more freedom to millions of people in this deeply conservative nation, the Delhi High Court issued a ruling Thursday decriminalizing homosexuality. The ruling said that treating relations between consenting adult...