Those perceived by the majority as “deviants’ or ‘different’ are not excluded or ostracised from inclusiveness of the Constitution: Delhi HC [Tweet Notes from Gay_India]
Freaking unbelievable. Absolutely speechless. Who would have thought we had logical thinking, mature individuals in charge of our judiciary system. So finally after 7 years of court battle, Delhi High Court legalised gay sex among consenting adult.
“We declare that Section 377 of IPC in so far as it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private is violative of Articles 14, 21 and 15 of the Constitution,” a bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Murlidhar said. [Link : Rediff.com]
However IPC 377 will still hold for cases involving children and non-consensual sex. All good me thinks though it would naive of us to think that our esteemed self-appointed moral brigade will not try to make most of this opportunity. Thankfully though this time round, the law is on the right side. So these douchebags can very well shove their fingers up their stinky arse.
*For detailed information on the HC ruling, visit Desicritics.
Comments
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Mario
Jul 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 am | #
About time.
fas
Jul 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 pm | #
Congrats Saks, now you can tie the knot
HOBO(nickname)
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 2:45 pm | #
Acceptence is “The Toughest” but once it is accepted the subject is gone.
Saakshi O. Juneja
Jul 4th, 2009 at 6:26 am | #
Hobo : Well the the subject is still to be sorted in this case. A progressive Law is just the first step, but the most important step is to improve the society’s perception. And more importantly their “acceptance”.
Sneha
Jul 5th, 2009 at 9:14 am | #
im sure with time it’ll reduce the social stigma and hence lead to acceptance.. after long i get a feeling that we’re part of the 21st century
dear fas, homosexuality has been DECRIMINALIZED. but gay marriage is still not legal. if what u wrote was a try at some sort of humor ; it failed .. few things in life demand their due respect. its a long struggle and the least we can do is stand in full support !!! and how about not telling people what they can and cannot do ! am sorry sakshi for writing this on your blog but somehow his comment did not appeal to my sentiments.
pawan
Jul 13th, 2009 at 7:07 am | #
No and never acceptable it crate more disease link AIDS. Prevent it and make india healthy.
Punsons
Jul 20th, 2009 at 3:12 pm | #
I agreed with pawan, prevent it and make india healthy.
Anurag
Jul 6th, 2010 at 10:55 am | #
Why There is a hulaboo about Section 377 ?
If two guys want to do it in their Room ,let them be!!! after all its their life.As long as they do it in Their ROOM!!
Great Next they will want is to legalize Incest and Human-animal Intercourse.
And there Goes the difference between human and animals.