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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 Penal...
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NEW DELHI: In a historic judgment, the Delhi High Court on Thursday decriminalized homosexuality by striking down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court ruled that Section 377 of the IPC, as it criminalizes gay sex among consenting adults,...
Tags: Delhi High Court, India
However, despite the pro-gay court order of Thursday, most homosexuals believe that till such time as gay partnerships are accepted by Indian society as normal, homosexuals will have to continue their fight for equal treatment. For now, however, they...
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Homosexual relations between consenting adults are no longer considered criminal in India, thanks to a court ruling that overturned a long-standing federal law. The BBC rounded up some reactions from Indian citizens after news of the judgment broke around...
Tags: Indian, gays sex, Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court had failed to consider the non-pecuniary loss sustained by them on account of emotional trauma and the loss of future earning capacity of the children. "Human life cannot be measured only in terms of loss of earning or monetary losses...
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside a judgment by a Single Bench of the Court quashing an order by the Delhi Lok Ayukta summoning documents relating to purchase of 625 non-air-conditioned low-floor buses by the Delhi Government...The Court had...
Admiral S M Nanda, who led the Indian Navy during the 1971 war and vanquished the Pakistan navy, passed into the ages on Tuesday. Two years ago, the admiral granted rediff.com an exclusive and extensive interview about the 1971 war. We reproduce it in...
Tags: Indian Navy, Sanjeev Nanda, M Nanda, Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday said the city governemt's reluctance to conduct a magisterial inquiry into the controversial Batla house encounter might increase suspicion on the police version in the case and suggested it to conduct the probe....
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Gloves off, BJP top brass backs Varun, slams Cong, BSP Font Size New Delhi: Switching gears on the Varun Gandhi issue, the BJP top brass today came out in defence of their party leader jailed under the NSA and slammed the Congress and BSP for attempting...
Tags: Indian Justice Party, Indian Airlines, Varun Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, BJP Pilibhit, Congress, Delhi High Court, Dhanbad Lok Sabha, Hegde, P. Chidambaram
Tamil Nadu, and consequently to the Third Front in the LS elections...But, the meeting never materialized owing to alleged postponement by the former chief minister of TN. Sources say that her interest in PMK included the likelihood of VCK joining the...
Tags: Varun Gandhi, BJP, Sonia Gandhi, New Delhi, Delhi High Court, Rahul, Allahabad, Lok Sabha, Tamil Nadu, AIADMK