{"id":8769,"date":"2011-02-07T18:46:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2011-02-07T18:46:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:16:35","slug":"supreme-court-to-hear-pleas-against-gay-sex-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-to-hear-pleas-against-gay-sex-in-april","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court to hear pleas against gay sex in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8770\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-to-hear-pleas-against-gay-sex-in-april\/supreme-court-16\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?fit=227%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"227,164\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Supreme Court.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?fit=150%2C108&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?fit=227%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8770\" title=\"Supreme Court.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?resize=227%2C164&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?w=227&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/Supreme-Court.7.jpg?resize=150%2C108&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults.<\/p>\n<p>Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly directed all the parties to file their documents within eight weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The bench also directed the court registry to complete all procedural requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The court said that it was fixing two days for hearing the matter and might consider extending the same depending on the nature and extent of the arguments.<\/p>\n<p>The judges said all the petitioners would get time to present their views.<\/p>\n<p>They rejected a plea by one of the petitioners to implead the armed forces in the case.<\/p>\n<p>In a landmark judgement July 2, 2009, the Delhi High Court ruled that section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises gay sex among consenting adults, was a violation of fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p>That ruling followed a public interest litigation filed by NGO Naz Foundation along the activist group &#8216;Voices Against 377&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The high court ruled that any kind of discrimination violated the right to equality.<\/p>\n<p>Section 377 in the Indian Penal Code outlaws any act against the order of nature. It recommends jail term of up to 10 years for violators along with fine.<\/p>\n<p>Gay activists say police misuse the section to harass them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Monday fixed April 19 for hearing a bunch of petitions challenging a Delhi High Court judgement decriminalising homosexual relationship among consenting adults. Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly directed all the parties to file their documents within eight weeks. 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