Central to the judges’ exposition of the right to personal autonomy is the right to dignity, linked to the right to privacy and the right to exercise choice without fear. The unanimous verdict of the Supreme Court’s five-judge constitutional bench in Navtej Singh Johar & Ors., decriminalizing homosexuality and recognizing the constitutional rights of LGBTI […]
Tag: Section 377
Scene outside Supreme Court after it pronounced verdict on Section 377
As the news of striking down of consensual sex between two adult partners from same sex broke, cheers of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ echoed in the lawns of the apex court. LGBT activists, students and parents had gathered to be a part of an landmark event. Ruth Chawngthu, a college student and the community member […]