(UTV|COLOMBO) In a historic verdict, India’s Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country.
The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an “unnatural offence”.
It is one of the world’s oldest laws criminalising gay sex, and India has been reluctant to overturn it.
However in recent years, there has been a very vocal campaign to decriminalise homosexuality in India.
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