Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code states that Whoever voluntarily has carnal inter¬course against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with 1[imprisonment for life], or with impris¬onment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.—Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section. This was introduced back in 1860 and it was considered unconstitutional with respect to sex between consenting adults by the high court of india on 2 July 2009. The society has evolved ,so much technology around us, infrastructure on the rise and yet we think so low. As citizens of india we fail to give this miniscule minority the rights they deserve, Section 377 must be decriminalised. We must give the LGBT community the right to live and choose the way of life the want and not something the supreme court of india thinks is righ for the nation as a whole.The universal Declaration of Human Rights, which India has ratified ,grants all human beings the Right to
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As in the world of The Trial, whose protagonists live in constant fear of being imprisoned in a State which presumes their guilt before accusing them of any particular crime and even before they commit any, India’s LGBT individuals are perennially in fear of being apprehended, and of being branded as criminals. The key difference is that in ‘The Trial’, no one has any idea about the law the protagonist Joseph K has supposedly transgressed against. Here, in 21st century India, we know exactly which law has become a nightmare reality in India’s LGBT population’s everyday lives, a law which constantly circumscribes its movements, invades its privacy and places it under constant surveillance – Section 377 of the
As in the world of The Trial, whose protagonists live in constant fear of being imprisoned in a State which presumes their guilt before accusing them of any particular crime and even before they commit any, India’s LGBT individuals are perennially in fear of being apprehended, and of being branded as criminals. The key difference is that in ‘The Trial’, no one has any idea about the law the protagonist Joseph K has supposedly transgressed against. Here, in 21st century India, we know exactly which law has become a nightmare reality in India’s LGBT population’s everyday lives, a law which constantly circumscribes its movements, invades its privacy and places it under constant surveillance – Section 377 of the