SUPREME COURT RECOGNIZES RIGHTS OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY

Published On: 18/09/2018

Practice Area: Government & Regulatory

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The Supreme Court of India recently struck down parts of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which criminalized sexual intercourse against the order of nature. INDUSLAW's Avik Biswas and Savithran Ramesh analyse the primary grounds in the landmark judgement, which effectively allowed sexual intercourse between consenting adult members of the LGBT community.