4 Jul 2009, 0216 hrs IST, TNN – TIMES OF INDIA
DELHI/MUMBAI:
In the first flurry of reactions, religious leaders appeared to be slamming the de-criminalization of gay sex. But while mostconservative scholars and clerics remain opposed to homosexuality as an article of faith, many say that they aren’t advocating making it a criminal act as Section 377 [...]
02 July 2009 – courtesy BBC news
A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has ruled that homosexual intercourse between consenting adults is not a criminal act.
The ruling overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an “unnatural offence”.
Homosexual acts were punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.
Many people in India [...]
