SC 2018 Articles
This is a collection of media articles about the Section 377 verdict announced on 6 September 2018 by the Supreme Court. Please let us know if we have missed any.
- ‘Love at first right’: What front pages said about the SC’s landmark verdict on Section 377
Scroll - ‘Huge statement’, ‘emotional moment’: Petitioners respond to Supreme Court’s verdict on Section 377
Scroll - Section 377 verdict: What you need to know about SC’s decision to decriminalise homosexuality
Scroll - In historic judgement, Supreme Court overturns its own order, decriminalises homosexuality
Scroll - ‘Love is love’: Internet cheers with memes, cartoons as Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality
Scroll - ‘History owes an apology to LGBT community’: India’s Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality
Scroll - 10 reads on the Supreme Court’s landmark verdict on Section 377
Scroll - ‘The fight does not end here’
The Hindu - SC verdict leaves LGBTQ community in ‘tears of joy’
The Hindu - SC verdict brings cheer and hope
The Hindu - A rainbow among the clouds
The Hindu - I participated in the first mass protest for gay rights: Sahni
The Hindu - ‘WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS ANY MORE’
The Hindu - SC decriminalises homosexuality, says history owes LGBTQ community an apology
The Hindu - Highlights from the Supreme Court’s verdict on decriminalising Section 377
The Hindu - Section 377 verdict: Bigoted attitudes dehumanise transgenders, says CJI Misra
The Hindu - Section 377 verdict: Homosexuality not unique to humans, says Supreme Court
The Hindu - Section 377 verdict: community needed the rainbow of hope, says CJI
The Hindu - Section 377 verdict: Homosexuality no more seen as ‘mental illness’
The Hindu - Section 377: government should have taken a stand, says Justice Chandrachud
The Hindu - Love wins the day
The Hindu - ‘SC verdict on Section 377 a golden moment’
The Hindu - SPACE TO BREATH EASY
The Hindu - SC ruling: LGBTQs hope for fair deal from society
The Hindu - Muted revelry by Assam’s transgenders
The Hindu - Section 377: A decree of hope
The Hindu - Celebrating freedom to love and express it
The Hindu - U.P. tops in cases booked under Section 377
The Hindu - The night they wear the pearls
The Hindu - ‘Bigoted attitudes dehumanise transgenders’
The Hindu - SC decriminalises homosexuality
The Hindu - LGBTIQs welcome apex court verdict
The Hindu - ‘Discrimination must be addressed without delay’
The Hindu - Anand Mahindra tweets about inclusion
The Hindu - ‘Now we can lead the life we want’
The Hindu - Section 377: ‘Never hesitated to hold hands in public, but the feeling now unmatched’
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: LGBTQIA students relieved, say the first step towards equality
Indian Express - Section 377: ‘Hope our marriage can be registered legally’
Indian Express - Queerala member: Legal change without social change isn’t very effective
Indian Express - This Mumbai man’s poignant coming out story is going viral for the right reasons
Indian Express - Coming out of the closet? Three people recount their experiences and have some advice
Indian Express - Section 377 based on law passed by Henry VIII in 1533: Supreme Court
Indian Express - SC refers to global judgments that set precedent to decriminalise gay sex
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: ‘Like India got independence in 1947, my sisters and I have got our freedom today’
Indian Express - ‘I had no choice but to put on a dress, go begging as a transgender person’ (Hassan case)
Indian Express - Why do politicians sometimes hand power to court: Justice Chandrachud on Sec 377
Indian Express - Bringing LGBTQ community closer to health care, 8 doctors urge fraternity to open up
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Mindsets have to change, but we have made progress, says petitioner Ashok Row Kavi
Indian Express - Gay sex decriminalised: Clerics protest order, hint at moving court
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Gateway to further reform, says Justice AP Shah
Indian Express - Nine years ago, Delhi HC ruled against Section 377
Indian Express - Section 377 | From explicit No to a qualified Yes: How political class stalled, blinked
Indian Express - On a street far away, looking at a police car in the eye: ‘Today, I am no criminal’
Indian Express - Activists Reminisce about india’s first pride Walk: Rural areas must be focal point for sensitisation
Indian Express - SC judgment has given value and dignity to our efforts and life: Chandigarh LGBT community
Indian Express - Now, we can say we are not criminals, deserve to be treated like equal citizens: Pune LGBTQI community
Indian Express - SC verdict on Section 377: How global media covered India’s historic moment
Indian Express - Supreme Court’s verdict on Section 377: 493 pages, 5 judges, one mantra of Constitutional Morality
Indian Express - Section 377: Three rulings over nine years
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: A timeline of the case
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: The world India has left
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: What the Judges ruled
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict | Building blocks: Identity, privacy, rather than sex
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: History owes apology to LGBTQ community for delay in justice, centuries of ostracism, suffering, says SC
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Tears, but this time of joy
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: For transgenders, battle for respect, dignity, acceptance in society bigger, far from over
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict will pave way for acceptance in society: parents
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Couple hopes to register marriage
Indian Express - Gay sex decriminalised: ‘I am here to tell parents to love their children no matter what’
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Love finds a way
Indian Express - India joins 25 nations where homosexuality is legal as SC decriminalises gay sex
Indian Express - I never thought I would live to see this day: Queer activist on 377 verdict
Indian Express - ‘SC verdict on gay sex is like getting marriage offer after retirement’: India’s first transgender college principal
Indian Express - Section 377: United Nations lauds Supreme Court verdict on homosexuality, hopes it will boost efforts to eliminate stigma
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Here are the highlights
Indian Express - Section 377 was mainly used as a tool for harassment, says person who initiated IIT Pravritti petition
Indian Express - ‘Today, Supreme Court has told me that I unambiguously have the right to love’: Prominent queer rights activist
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: how the Northeast celebrated
Indian Express - Healing within gay community can begin now: Apurva Asrani
Indian Express - From disappointment to joy, the journey has been a tumultuous one: Chitra Palekar
Indian Express - The Rainbow Revolution: Artistes across the spectrum hail the Supreme Court verdict
Indian Express - After Section 377 verdict, police face the unfamiliar: ‘victim’ men, what’s ‘consent’
Indian Express - Love & Law: Navtej Johar of Navtej Johar vs Union of India
Indian Express - Gay sex decriminalised: History owes apology to LGBT community and kin, says Supreme Court
Indian Express - Assam LGBTQ+ community awaits verdict on Section 377
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict reactions highlights: Govt has no place in our bedrooms, says Shashi Tharoor
Indian Express - Supreme Court legalises homosexuality: All you need to know about the historic verdict
Indian Express - Celebrities hail Supreme Court verdict on Section 377
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: What the five judges said in Supreme Court
Indian Express - ‘Love is Love’: Netizens cheer as Supreme Court legalises homosexuality
Indian Express - A brief timeline of the legal battle against Section 377
Indian Express - Section 377: A British legacy from which we have finally broken free
Indian Express - Section 377 verdict: Shashi Tharoor says it’s about freedom of Indian citizens, not just about sex
Indian Express - I wish to adopt a child: Bengal’s transgender judge
Indian Express - SC decriminalises homosexuality: Celebrate with these books on LGBTQs
Indian Express - 377 battle at journey’s end
Indian Express - Rainbow at the end of the road: Queer resistance to Section 377
Indian Express - Karan Johar leads Bollywood in hailing SC’s Sec 377 verdict, says country gets its oxygen back
Hindustan Times - Odisha’s First Transgender Civil Servant Plans Marriage After 377 Order
NDTV - IITians Who Fought Against Section 377 Celebrate “Empowering” Judgement
NDTV - ‘Today an error has been corrected’, writes senior SC lawyer on Section 377 verdict
Hindustan Times - Dhol tasha and celebrations all day as Pune welcomes SC verdict on Section 377 decriminalising homosexuality
Hindustan Times - Hope SC verdict on Section 377 is first step towards full range of fundamental rights for LGBT: UN
Hindustan Times - Photos: A brief history of LGBTQ activism in India as SC scraps Section 377
Hindustan Times - ‘Second Independence Day’: Kerala’s LGBT community welcomes Supreme Court verdict on Section 377
Hindustan Times - ‘Same sex marriage not compatible with norms of nature, we don’t support it,’ says RSS
Hindustan Times - Kolkata LGBTQ activists recall India’s first gay pride walk in 1999
Hindustan Times - Freedom from fear: What the SC judges said in their historic verdict on Section 377
Hindustan Times - ‘I am what I am’: SC’s verdict on gay sex paves way for a more equal India
Hindustan Times - Congress welcomes judgment SC verdict on gay sex, BJP leadership silent
Hindustan Times - High-risk groups may seek support after Supreme Court verdict on Section 377
Hindustan Times - Right to privacy verdict formed basis of ruling for Supreme Court
Hindustan Times - Will Supreme Court ruling on Section 377 change India’s social attitude?
Hindustan Times - Mumbai celebrates SC verdict with gay abandon, pride
Hindustan Times - Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Sweet Victories
Hindustan Times - LGBTQ community welcomes SC verdict on same-sex acts with tears of joy
Hindustan Times - What’s next: Supreme Court says decriminalising gay sex is the first step
Hindustan Times - What’s next for LGBT community after Supreme Court decriminalises gay sex
Hindustan Times - Supreme Court verdict on Section 377 gives way to celebrations in Chandigarh
Hindustan Times - Homosexuality decriminalised: Now, 377 is just for great deals, not a cause for fear
Hindustan Times - Activist put behind bars 17 yrs back under 377, eyes new law for freedom
Hindustan Times - Sec 377 is history. It is battle won, but war to get social equality remains
Hindustan Times - After historic Section 377 verdict, govt set to oppose same-sex marriage
Hindustan Times - ‘Pain and fear end today’: LGBT community welcomes top court order on Section 377
Hindustan Times - Supreme Court says ‘history owes apology to LGBT community’: Top 10 quotes
Hindustan Times - Gay sex no longer a crime in India, rules Supreme Court on Section 377 in historic judgment
Hindustan Times - Chef, activist, hotelier, researcher: Meet 6 petitioners who championed decriminalising Section 377
Hindustan Times - Gay sex now a legal right: All you need to know about Section 377
Hindustan Times - How ‘Unconvicted Felons’ Stood in the Supreme Court and Watched Section 377 Fall
The Wire - Everything’s Coming Up Rainbows, But Brands Can Do More for LGBTQIA+ Rights
The Wire - Section 377 Based on Law Passed by Henry VIII in 1533
The Wire - International Commission of Jurists Welcomes ‘Momentous’ SC Verdict on Section 377
The Wire - History Owes Members of LGBTQ+ Community an Apology: Justice Indu Malhotra on Section 377
The Wire - Criminalising Consensual Sex Between Adults Is Unconstitutional: Justice Nariman on Section 377
The Wire - Read: What CJI Dipak Misra and Justice Khanwilkar Had to Say on Section 377
The Wire - ‘A Dark Chapter Closed’: LGBTQIA+ Activists on Section 377 Verdict
The Wire - Section 377 Verdict Should Be Treated as a Marker of Evolution of Mental Health Rights
The Wire - Supreme Court Scraps Section 377; ‘Majoritarian Views Cannot Dictate Rights,’ Says CJI
The Wire - UN Chief Welcomes SC Decision to Read Down Section 377 With #LoveWins
The Wire - Section 377: Most Political Parties Welcome SC Verdict, BJP Maintains Silence
The Wire - Bengaluru celebrates verdict on Section 377
Times of India - Students celebrate Sec 377 verdict
Times of India - Section 377: Rainbow flags come out of closet to celebrate SC verdict
Times of India - SC decriminalises Section 377, calls 2013 ruling ‘arbitrary and retrogade’
Times of India - Now, time to give LGBTs marriage & parenting rights
Times of India - Free society not possible if some fear exclusion
Times of India - Majority cannot trump Constitution
Times of India - Section 377 verdict: A wrong is righted, now for the rights
Times of India - As court reasons with rhyme, all is fair in love at last
Times of India - Forces weigh impact of Supreme Court verdict on Section 377
Times of India - Painting the (Pune) city in rainbow colours
Times of India - My Lords smile, LGBTQ love blooms
Times of India - SC hearing on Section 377: Who said what
Times of India - SC decriminalises Section 377: What the court said
Times of India - Article 377: LGBT community would no longer feel like criminals, second class citizens, says petitioner
Times of India - SC decriminalises Section 377: A timeline of the case
Times of India - Momentous’, ‘historic’: Leaders, activists hail landmark SC verdict on Section 377
Times of India - Supreme Court decriminalises Section 377: All you need to know
Times of India - Govt Must Take Steps to Disseminate 377 Judgment: Justice Nariman
The Quint - Does Sec 377 Judgment Affect Marital Sodomy and Pending Cases?
The Quint - ‘No Better Date’: The Best of 6/9 Tweets Post Section 377 Verdict
The Quint - NYT, Washington Post, BBC Hail Landmark SC Verdict on Section 377
The Quint - How Newspapers Looked the Morning After SC Verdict on Section 377
The Quint - All You Need to Know About the SC’s Landmark Section 377 Verdict
The Quint - Brand Opportunism Number 377: What Others Can Learn from Nike
The Quint - Twitter Celebrates As History Unfolds: SC Reads Down Section 377
The Quint - Section 377 and How the Supreme Court Made History Today
The Quint - Shillong to host street celebration
Telegraph India - Equality
Telegraph India - Relief for hetero couples
Telegraph India - Govt gets a taste of SC ‘wisdom’
Telegraph India - Fantastic judgment: Activists
Telegraph India - Supreme Court Constitution Bench decriminalises gay sex
Telegraph India - UP tops list of gay-sex cases
Telegraph India - Police harassed me using Section 377: Nikhil Kambli
DNA India - Society needs to make space for LGBTQI folks
DNA India - Rainbow rejoice: Supreme Court verdict rains hope
DNA India - Former Law Minister Kapil Sibal explains why UPA didn’t bring in law de-criminalising gay sex
DNA India - Justice Chandrachud criticises govt for leaving it to wisdom of SC
DNA India - Top court order on Section 377 applicable in J&K too: State
DNA India - Sex with animals a crime, is SC interfering with fundamental rights? Subramanian Swamy on Section 377
DNA India - History owes an apology to LGBT community for ostracisation, discrimination: Justice Indu Malhotra
DNA India - SC reads down Section 377: What’s allowed and what’s not?
DNA India - In a landmark judgment, SC decriminalises Section 377, makes gay sex legal
DNA India - Twists and turns of 17-year battle for gay rights explained
DNA India - Imposing sanction of law on consenting adults encourage discrimination, says Supreme Court
DNA India - LGBTI posses same rights as enjoyed by others, says Supreme Court
DNA India - Section 377: From despair to delight, a timeline of events
DNA India - Rainbow community ecstatic, overwhelmed as SC reads down Sec 377
DNA India - Brave New Post-377 World: Tech Mahindra sets an example, fires diversity officer who harassed gay man
DNA India - Supreme Court of India decriminalises homosexuality
Deccan Herald - Homosexuality: Behind the fight against Section 377
Deccan Herald - 2017 privacy judgement set stage for Sec 377 verdict
Deccan Herald - Sec 377: judges delve into world history, philosophy
Deccan Herald - Relief for accused of consensual gay sex: official
Deccan Herald - 377 verdict has inbuilt firewall
The Hindu - Section 377: How India’s Diverse Language Newspapers Covered The Supreme Court Verdict
Huffington Post - LGBTIQA+ communities celebrate SC judgement in ruling out Section 377
Imphal Free Press - Now That Gay Sex is Decriminalised, Will I Get My Rights? Asks AMU Prof Siras’ Partner
News 18 - BJP mum on SC verdict on Section 377
Deccan Herald - We expected categorical position from govt, says SC
Deccan Herald - Great start but still a long road, say LGBTIQ actvists
Deccan Herald - Gay sex rights: a historic ruling
Deccan Herald - Section 377 verdict: Celebs, activists hail SC judgment; Shashi Tharoor says it ‘shames’ BJP MPs who opposed him in LS
First Post - Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality: A look at how archaic parts of Section 377 were struck down
First Post - ‘Majoritarian views, popular morality cannot dictate constitutional rights’: After 157 years, Section 377 is struck down
First Post - Supreme Court verdict on Section 377: India becomes 126th country to strike down anti-LGBTQ law
First Post - After Supreme Court verdict on Section 377, LGBTQ community members, activists gear up for next challenge
First Post - ‘Independence Day II’: As SC strikes down Section 377, here’s how India’s dailies congratulated LGBT community
First Post - Section 377 verdict: Few media groups accuse SC of ‘egregious excess’, Urdu newspapers underplay judgment
First Post - Section 377 verdict: Companies, executives see Supreme Court’s judgment as push for equality within workforce
First Post - Section 377 verdict: Acceptance of homosexuality more than doubled from 1990 to 2014, reveals survey
First Post - Section 377 verdict: Country’s first transgender college principal calls it a ‘new dawn’ for LGBTQ community
First Post - Section 377 reactions updates: Time for Parliament to review existing laws, says International Commission of Jurists
First Post - Section 377 verdict: SC restores inclusiveness, liberates LGBTQ community from ‘societal pariah and dereliction’
First Post - Supreme Court strikes down Section 377: Plaudits must go to Ashok Row Kavi, flag-bearer of India’s LGBT movement
First Post - ‘Denial of self-expression is akin to inviting death’: CJI Dipak Misra’s key remarks in Section 377 judgment
First Post - UN lauds Supreme Court verdict on Section 377, hopes it will boost efforts to eliminate stigma
First Post - Section 377 moored in gender stereotypes that reinforce sexism: Supreme Court
Economic Times - After Section 377 verdict in India, Singapore DJ files court challenge against law banning gay sex
First Post - SC judge criticises government for leaving it to wisdom of court to decide on Section 377
Economic Times - Section 377: MoD examining if Services’ Acts need update
Economic Times - Section 377 verdict: What’s next for India?
Business Insider - Love checks-in on Twitter: How Zomato, OYO, Starbucks celebrated Section 377 ruling
Economic Times - As India Bids Adieu To Section 377, Twitter Cries Tears Of Joy
News 18 - Section 377 | Top 10 quotes from SC verdict that decriminalises homosexuality
The Stateman - ‘We are free’: India celebrates Section 377 verdict
The News Minute - Section 377 verdict: Pride wins over prejudice
Forbes India - Less Than 200 Jailed In 150 Years, But…: Judge In Section 377 Order
NDTV - Section 377 Verdict: Technical Rape Cases May Go Up
Mid Day - Love for all: A timeline of fight against Section 377
India Today - At Last, India Gets It Own #LoveWins Moment
Yoyth Ki Awaaz - LGBT freedom: How companies celebrated end of Section 377
Business Today - Waiting to dance: What the queer community and supporters anticipate after Sec 377 verdict
Citizen Matters - ‘People’s verdict’ on homosexuality moved us: IITians who fought tooth & nail against section 377
Money Control - Silence In Political Circles As Millions Applaud Section 377 Verdict
NDTV - Section 377 verdict: Some of these 4,690 cases are no longer crimes
Live Mint - For India’s LGBTQ community, scrapping section 377 is only the first step
Quartz India - Why We Need To Remember Siddharth Gautam Who Started India’s Fight For LGBTQ+ Rights
INUTH - A moment of pride, but what about prejudice?
Deccan Chronicle - How JGU law professors contributed to SC’s 377 ruling
Business Standard - SC verdict on Section 377 upholds right to privacy: BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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