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     Abcdefghij Side Hero Username: Abcdefghij Post Number: 4668 Registered: 02-2007 Posted From: 68.79.93.220 Rating: N/A |
equal rights law vadatam enti pichi pune gadu aa judge gadu... repu evado kukkaltho pelli antadu samparkam antadu istada pichi naa konde judge gadu india lanti countries lo majority wont agree this aiyna ee thokkalo judges samputunnaru.... | ||
| Teluguhero Junior Artist Username: Teluguhero Post Number: 524 Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 96.26.133.83 Rating: N/A |
In a victory for gay rights activists, the Delhi High Court legalised homosexual acts among consenting adults holding that the 149-year-old law making it a criminal offence is violative of fundamental rights and not punishable. "We declare section 377 of Indian Penal Code in so far as it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private is violative of Articles 21, 14, and 15 of the Constitution," a Bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Murlidhar said. The verdict, which was described as "progressive" by the gay rights activists who fought an eight-year-long legal battle, said, "section 377 denies a person's dignity and criminalises his or her core identity solely on account of his or her sexualities and thus violates Article 21." "As it stands, section 377 denies a gay person a right to full personhood which is implicit in notion of life under Article 21 of the Constitution," the Bench said in its 105-page judgement allowing the plea of gay right activists seeking to decriminalise homosexual acts among consenting adults which otherwise attracts punishment up to life imprisonment. |
