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The Delhi high court has held that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be used to criminalize consensual oral or anal ...

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on the exclusion of penal provisions for the offences of unnatural sex and sodomy from the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which ...

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member SC Sinha today pitched for a “suitable modification” in section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalises consensual sexual acts between ...

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) Non consensual sex between same gender adults will invite penal liability under Section 377 of the IPC, the Supreme Court said Thursday while striking down a part of it which ...

The wrangle over Section 377 IPC has more to do with human rights than sex and its criminalisation. The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community has been battling to secure the right to ...

Section 377 has been challenged anew by a bevy of LGBT persons across ages, caste, incomes and religion. What does this imply for the community? July 8, 2001 is burnt into Arif Jafar’s mind. The ...

Animal welfare activist Xavier Santiago said, “Section 377 specifically criminalised carnal intercourse against the order of ...

The Delhi high court has quashed a trial court's order directing prosecution of a man for performing “unnatural” sex with his wife, stating that the Section 377 of IPC doesn't recognise the concept of ...

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from ...