A group of 20 students and alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology have filed a petition before the Supreme Court against section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises homosexuality and any form of “unnatural sex”.
The students representing a 350+ alumni, students, staff and faculty who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender have filed a writ petition challenging criminalisation of homosexuality. The group is a part of an informal pan-IIT LGBT group – Pravritti, which has been a safe space for the community to interact, connect and network.
The petition challenges the section on grounds that it violates Articles 14, 15, 16, 19, and 21 of the Constitution.
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