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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on the exclusion of penal provisions for the offences of unnatural sex and sodomy from the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which ...

The Delhi high court has held that unnatural sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife is not a punishable offence under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The case originated from a 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 HC, in its order, stated, 'from perusal of sections 375, 376 and 377 of IPC it is quite vivid that in view of amended definition of Section 375 IPC, offence under Section 377 IPC between husband ...

The court noted Section 377 of IPC penalising such acts won’t apply in a marital relationship particularly when the allegation of consent was missing. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma was dealing with the ...

Section 377 has been challenged anew by a bevy of LGBT persons across ages, caste, incomes and religion. What does this imply for the community? July 8, 2001 is burnt into Arif Jafar’s mind. 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 ...

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 ...

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a husband cannot be punished under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for engaging in anal or oral sex with his wife, Bar and Bench reported. Justice ...

The Kerala High Court has upheld the conviction of a man under Section 377 of the Indian Penal code (IPC) for committing ...

'Invisibilisation' of the LGBTQIA+ people, is how male victims of rape have described the new Bharat Nyay Sanhita (BNS) 2023, which has no criminal provisions to protect men, transgenders, and other ...