Strike down 377: Here’s a timeline of the struggle to decriminalise same-sex love in India
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Jul 10, 2018 12:31 PM IST
Categorised as an unnatural offence, consensual sexual intercourse between persons of same-sex is termed ‘against the order of nature’ under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and can be punishable by life imprisonment.
The Constitution Bench of Supreme Court on Tuesday begun hearing petitions challenging section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises homosexuality. Categorised as an unnatural offence, consensual sexual intercourse between persons of same-sex is termed ‘against the order of nature’ under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and can be punishable by life imprisonment.
Here is a timeline of the long battle to strike down the British-era law.
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