On 13 August 2024, two days before India celebrated its 78th Independence Day, the honourable Delhi High Court took up the Public Interest Litigation(PIL) filed by Advocate Gantavya Gulati, challenging the removal of Section 377, owing to the replacement of the Indian Penal Code by the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita(BNS.

WION Exclusive: Meet the lawyer behind the Delhi High Court plea challenging India’s Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

'He said, she said': Outlandish arguments, groundbreaking statements from India's same-sex marriage trial

As India's top court readies to hear a batch of pleas seeking validation for same-sex marriages, the nation's central government has submitted an affidavit opposing the step.

Centre opposes same-sex marriages, says those between a man and a woman 'the norm throughout history'

In what comes as a landmark moment in the history of Singapore, the country has decided to repeal an archaic law that criminalised gay sex. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the announcement on Sunday during his annual policy address.

Singapore lifts ban on gay sex, repeals Section 377A, but upholds marriage ban

Two years ago on the day, the Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality, using the words of Goethe and Leonard Cohen, Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde to deliver a historic judgment that signalled freedom for millions of people in the LGBTQ+ community.

Two years after Section 377: Judgement that said it with poetry and words from literature

September 2018 was a watershed moment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) community. That month, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was revoked, thereby decriminalising homosexuality.

Section 377 verdict: One year on, much more societal work still needs to be done

Athlete Dutee Chand's brave admission of being in a same-sex relationship has not gone down well with her family

After Dutee Chand's admission of same-sex relation, sister says she was 'pressurised, blackmailed'

The year 2018 will be looked back in future for some of the remarkable judgements that not only shaped the contemporary period but will also influence the life of the generations to come.

Major judgements of 2018 by Supreme, High Court

Days after a hotelier Keshav Suri filed a petition in the Supreme Court for the quashing of Section 377, which criminalises gay sex in India, another petition was filed in the court on Friday

Another petition filed in Supreme court against Section 377, court to hear matter on May 1

The apex court while hearing a petition filed against the constitutional validity of Section 377 has asked the Centre to respond on the matter within a week

Supreme Court asks Centre for response after plea seeking quashing of Section 377

A two-judge bench of the apex court criminalised gay sex under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code in 2013

Supreme Court to review 2013 verdict on criminalising gay sex

Some Western countries have pressured India to overturn its ban on gay sex and respect human rights regardless of sexual orientation

India's Supreme Court refuses to hear plea on Sec 377, setback for gay rights movement

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