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EXPLAED | HOW WE GOT HERE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF LGBT RIGHTS AND LAWS INDIAFROM ANCIENT INDIA TO THE 21ST CENTURY, THE LGBT MUNY HAS FOUND REPRENTATN, FACED OPPRSN MANY FORMS.VISHNU GOPATHPUBLISHED: 06 SEP 2022, 12:39 PM ISTEXPLAERS6 M READISHARE THE QUT DAILY

Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co crimalis sexual activi "agast the law of nature" Delhi: The Supreme Court today said that a larger group of judg would re-nsir and exame the nstutnal validy of Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal Co (IPC), a law that crimalis sexual activi "agast the law of nature", re-openg the bate over homosexualy India. " Simply put, Sectn 377 is an archaic law that was troduced durg the Brish era 1860s and mak gay sex a crime for which the punishment n be a life also has implitns for heterosexuals, as nsensual sexual acts of adults - oral and anal sex private - are currently treated as unnatural and punishable unr Sectn 377 of the Indian Penal 2009, the Delhi High Court had scribed Sectn 377 as a vlatn of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the nstutn.

Relig groups, however, had appealed agast the cisn the Supreme 2013, the Supreme Court ncelled the Delhi high urt orr and re-crimalised homosexualy.

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It said that was the job of the parliament to ci on scrappg cisn that gay sex is a crimal offense was seen as a major setback for human rights and was also wily cricized. While prosecutns unr sectn 377 have been rare, activists have said that the police ed the law to harass and timidate members of the LGBT the 2013 Supreme Court's cisn, proment BJP lear Rajnath Sgh had said, "We support Sectn 377 bee we believe that homosexualy is an unnatural act and nnot be supported.

BOM HC | “CONSENSUAL SEXUAL GAY RELATNSHIP” OF A MARRIED MAN — GROUND FOR DIVORCE; NOT AN OFFENCE UNR S. 377 IPC

"Congrs lears Rahul Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Shashi Tharoor, Tramool Congrs lear Derek O' Brien, CPI (M) lear Brda Karat, the Aam Aadmi Party among others had e out support of the LGBT muny and had said that homosexualy should be crimalized.

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