Gay rights activist Manohar Elavarthi explains how the scenario has changed following the verdict and what more needs to be done.
'I am sure this unwanted controversy will only make me stronger.'
The minister said that the last meeting held on December 30, 2020, happened in a cordial atmosphere and there is a possibility of positive results in the interest of farmers and of the country's farm sector at the next meeting.
Among the key demands of agitating farmers has been a legal guarantee on minimum support price (MSP). The protest reached a crescendo when thousands of farmers from Punjab and elsewhere marched towards Delhi late last year and decided to block the main entry points once they were denied entry. The Centre, on its part, held 11 rounds of discussions with the protesters and even offered to amend some of the provisions without much success. With now one of their chief demands met, farmers have now moved on to force the government to concede on MSP.
Companies such as Tata Sons and Bharti Telecom, which are unlisted but have listed subsidiaries, may soon have to file periodic financial statements with the registrar of companies under the new provision of the Companies Act. The provision requires greater financial disclosures by a certain category of unlisted companies.
Uttam Ghosh joins the vociferous debate on the Indian Citizen's Right to Privacy with his unique perspective on the issue.
'Homosexuality is the new 'abnormal',' proclaims Amulya Ganguli.
For most companies this would mean extending medical coverage to same-sex partners, say legal experts.
'This is the India I want to live in.' 'Not one filled with hate, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and intolerance.' 'THIS is the India I love.'
Corporate social responsibility rules that kicked in on Friday also set a three year time-limit for any CSR project, among a series of other amendments introduced by the government.
'Like public smoking, like the decriminalisation of homosexuality, like the acceptance of medical marijuana, veganism awaits its generational change,' says Aakar Patel.
The apex court referred to a larger bench a plea seeking decriminalisation of gay sex between two consenting adults.
'By not only decriminalising routine business failures, but by ensuring that institutional lending and corporate rescue frameworks are strengthened via the IBC, the prime minister has ensured there is no room anymore for the proverbial 'reckless, prodigal debtor',' notes Sanju Verma.
Activists are dissatisfied over the Supreme Court judgement upholding the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex a punishable offence.
India's goal of self-reliance has been paramount in the policy and practice of the country. The COVID-19 crisis gave us lessons on how to speed up efforts in that direction, he said.
Fashion designer Wendell Rodricks is disappointed with the Supreme Court verdict that has ruled gay sex illegal.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Delhi High court judgment decriminalise homosexual acts among consenting adults in private.
'Once we do that, we will be able to change the conditioning which has been prevalent in society for so many years.'
The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court that its 2018 verdict decriminalising colonial era offence of adultery under the Indian Penal Code be not made applicable to armed forces.
'We will get our rights as normal citizens of India and enjoy those rights as openly and fearlessly as you and others do.'
With the Supreme Court pronouncing gay sex as illegal, the government on Wednesday indicated that it will take the legislative route to deal with the issue.
As Gogoi took oath, Congress, Left and their allies shouted slogans and staged a walk out from the House.
In an unprecedented order to check criminalisation of politics, the Supreme Court on Tuesday held nine political parties including the ruling BJP and JD (U) in Bihar guilty of contempt and fined eight of them for violating its February, 2020 order on publication of criminal antecedents of their candidates for the assembly polls.
The Supreme Court had on Thursday said "nobody would like to be told what to eat or how to dress" while ruling that these activities come under the realm of the right to privacy.
In a historic judgment, the Delhi High Court on Thursday legalised gay sex among consenting adults.The amendment in Section 377 will decriminalise homosexuality, said the Delhi HC.Gay rights activists across India have hailed the judgment.
We don't want 2 gay men holding hands walking on Marine Drive Marine Drive should be disturbed by the police'
The wrong of victimising, targeting and persecuting homosexuals on the basis of archaic and prejudiced ideas has gone for long. Time we set it right, says Mohd Asim.
'People who were afraid to come out in the fear of losing their reputation will now do so fearlessly.'
Anti-gay law in the country is an offshoot of British colonialism and the Indian society earlier was more tolerant towards homosexuality, the Centre on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court while pleading for decriminalisation of gay sex.
Homosexuality is not a mental and psychological disorder and it is a normal form of sexuality, gay rights activists argued before the Supreme Court on Thursday while pleading for decriminalization of gay sex. They told a bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya that decriminalisation of homosexuality would remove the stigma on them.
In a goof-up, the government on Thursday tied itself in knots in the Supreme Court by first disapproving decriminalisation of gay sex terming it as "highly immoral" and later taking a different line, drawing sharp criticism from the bench.
Pulling up the Centre for its "casual" approach on the important issue of decriminalisation of homosexuality, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it needs to be condemned. After going through various affidavits of the government, a bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhyay said the Centre has taken this case very casually.
Replying to a Supreme Court observation of February 16, Home Ministry tells Supreme Court that gay sex in India is immoral and against social order. Do you agree with the Ministry's stand? Tell us what YOU think!
Saloni Dhumne and Atreya Raghavan speak to young India to find out who their LGBTQ heroes are.
Two years since the Delhi high court decriminalised homosexuality there has been no looking back for the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community, marked the second year of celebrations on saturday.
But it is disappointing to note that Sitharaman's third Union Budget continues to promote a few problematic ideas, observes A K Bhattacharya.
How do you tell your parents you're a homosexual? The ramifications of this truth can shake up the closest-knit family. Darshan Sathe shares his story.
A group of religious leaders today alleged that the campaign to legalise homosexuality in the country was part of a "well-planned conspiracy" to finish India's moral and social values, and sought government intervention against it.
The decision was immediately welcomed by gay rights activists across the country as it reopens the legal debate on homosexuality.
'If people understand the love between boy-boy, girl-girl or transgenders, then that is the first great step for society to change.'
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