Indian supreme court to rule on colonial-era penal code that bans homosexual sex,after 2013 judgment reversed years of gradual liberalisation homosexual rights organisations are holding vigils and demonstrations in the Indian capital ahead of a supreme court ruling that could decriminalise homosexuality. The three most senior judges of the Indian supreme court in Delhi will rule on Tuesday on a preceding judgment from 2013, which reinstated colonial-era legislation that in effect outlawed homosexual sex. That decision stunned many in India, and overturning decades of slow progress and prompting protests.
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Source: theguardian.com