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IPC Section 377 Verdict
September 7 , 2018
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- Five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality by partially striking down the colonial era provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
- As per the verdict, Section 377 would not apply to consensual same-sex acts between homosexuals, heterosexuals, lesbians and other sexual minorities.
- But it would apply to bestiality and sexual acts without consent by one of them.
- India becomes the 125th country to decriminalize homosexuality.
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