Creating homosexual relations between two adults in India is no longer a crime. The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Deepak Mishra, on Thursday, abolished Section 377 of the consent of homosexual relations between the two adults, considered to be a crime. The Supreme Court has said that Section 377 has been declared arbitrary and to honour the personal selection.
#Section377: ‘Gay sex is not a crime,’ says Supreme Court in historic judgement https://t.co/mfTsD47sVS pic.twitter.com/mjbtfnwtxI
— Times of India (@timesofindia) September 6, 2018
After the verdict of the Supreme Court, people of the LGBT community are celebrating.
#WATCH Celebrations in Chennai after Supreme Court in a unanimous decision decriminalises #Section377 and legalises homosexuality pic.twitter.com/0dRCLDiBYy
— ANI (@ANI) September 6, 2018
Section 377 describes the ‘unnatural sexual relations’ as a crime. According to this, whoever commits sexual relations with any man, woman or animal, following the law of nature, could have been sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for ten years or fine.
Congratulations to all the activists and petitioners on #SupremeCourt judgement scrapping #Section377 Your perseverance just made #India a freer place for everyone ! #LoveIsLove #Pride #377Verdict #377Scrapped Three cheers for the #SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/grA64TTB3w
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) September 6, 2018
The NGO Foundation first raised this issue in the Delhi High Court in 2001. The High Court had declared consent to amend the provision related to it by excluding gay sex between the two adults from the category of crime.
Historical judgment!!!! So proud today! Decriminalising homosexuality and abolishing #Section377 is a huge thumbs up for humanity and equal rights! The country gets its oxygen back! 👍👍👍💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/ZOXwKmKDp5
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) September 6, 2018
