India: Supreme Court Revisits “Sodomy” Law
by The Daily Eye Team February 5 2016, 4:41 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 20 secsIndia’s Supreme Court agreed on February 2, 2016, to hear an appeal of its2013 decision that upheld a discriminatory law criminalizing same-sex relations, Human Rights Watch said today. The Indian government should file an affidavit with the court to set aside the country’s “sodomy” law and uphold the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.