Among the three laws replacing India’s centuries-old criminal laws proposed by Union home minister Amit Shah in the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament was the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, ...

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member SC Sinha today pitched for a “suitable modification” in section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalises consensual sexual acts between ...

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on home affairs has recommended to the government to retain IPC Section 377 provisions related to carnal intercourse with minors and acts of bestiality in the ...

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) Non consensual sex between same gender adults will invite penal liability under Section 377 of the IPC, the Supreme Court said Thursday while striking down a part of it which ...

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra had reserved its verdict on July 17 after hearing various stakeholders, including gay rights activists Exciting, sharp and clear ...

It’s been five years since the five-member panel, in a partial ruling, invalidated a portion of Section 377 within the Indian Penal Code, effectively removing the criminalisation of same-sex ...

New Delhi: The Central government has filed its review petition against the Supreme Court 's decision to uphold Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalizes homosexual relations between ...

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from ...

The wrangle over Section 377 IPC has more to do with human rights than sex and its criminalisation. The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community has been battling to secure the right to ...

Section 377 IPC violates the fundamental right to privacy and does not meet the three-fold requirements laid down by this Court ..., which may justify restraints on privacy, the fresh plea said. Owing ...

No case is made out under IPC section 377 (unnatural sex) between a husband and wife as there is no bar on them from going beyond conventional sex, Madhya Pradesh high court has ruled, while quashing ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court against the "missing" protection in the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) ...