Tag: Sec 377

Everyone in India, even the unlettered, has an opinion on everything under the sun. So, it was not at all surprising to find people from all walks of life holding forth with their own interpretation on the Supreme Court ruling rendering Sec 497 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) null and void. The facts of […]

It came 68 years too late. But Thursday will certainly go down in history as a landmark in India’s progress towards becoming a modern, liberal democracy. In reading down the obnoxious Sec 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), a relic of the Victorian era, in a unanimous 5-0 verdict, the Supreme Court has righted a […]