On July 2, 2009, when the Delhi High Court overturned the 150-year-old Section 377 and legalised consensual homosexual activities between adults, it was a judgment that was momentous in more ways than ...

India's top court has struck down a colonial-era law that makes homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in prison — a landmark judgment that activists hope will improve gay rights in the country.

LGBT rights activists hold a wet flag as they celebrate amid heavy downpour after the country’s top court struck down a colonial-era law that made homosexual acts punishable by up to 10 years in ...

As over 120 activists and allies celebrated Gender and Sexual Minorities Liberation Day on Saturday, they stressed on the fact that there has been no initiative to spread awareness on the Supreme ...

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which punishes homosexuality, had remained on the books for so long—since 1861—that even its language was fusty and antique. “Whoever voluntarily has carnal ...

Paul Boyce has received funding from the ESRC. Aniruddha Dutta has received research grants from the University of Minnesota to work with queer and trans-gender people in Eastern India as part of her ...

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday decriminalized consensual sex with members of the same sex by ruling [judgment, PDF] that part of Section 377 [text] of the Indian Penal Code violated ...