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India's Supreme Court Will Reconsider Its 2013 Gay Sex Ban
Source: Reuters
QUEER VOICES 01/08/2018 10:56 am ET
India’s Supreme Court Will Reconsider Its 2013 Gay Sex Ban
REUTERS Suchitra Mohanty, Roli Srivastava
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India’s Supreme Court on Monday agreed to reconsider its 2013 decision that criminalize consensual sexual relations between same sex adults, a victory for equal rights campaigners.
The court said a larger group of judges will re-examine the constitutional validity of Section 377 - a colonial-era law that prohibits “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” - widely interpreted to refer to homosexual sex.
“What is natural to one may not be natural to others,” the top court said on Monday. “A section of people or individuals who exercise their choice should never remain in a state of fear.”
Lawyer Anand Grover, who appeared for five members of the LGBT community who had petitioned the court seeking a review of the ban, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation: “It is a big relief and a primary step taken by the Supreme Court to review its earlier order.”
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India’s Supreme Court Will Reconsider Its 2013 Gay Sex Ban
REUTERS Suchitra Mohanty, Roli Srivastava
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India’s Supreme Court on Monday agreed to reconsider its 2013 decision that criminalize consensual sexual relations between same sex adults, a victory for equal rights campaigners.
The court said a larger group of judges will re-examine the constitutional validity of Section 377 - a colonial-era law that prohibits “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” - widely interpreted to refer to homosexual sex.
“What is natural to one may not be natural to others,” the top court said on Monday. “A section of people or individuals who exercise their choice should never remain in a state of fear.”
Lawyer Anand Grover, who appeared for five members of the LGBT community who had petitioned the court seeking a review of the ban, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation: “It is a big relief and a primary step taken by the Supreme Court to review its earlier order.”
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Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/india-gay-sex-ban-supreme-court_us_5a538dc3e4b0efe47ebb08d5
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