On Section 377, a call to leadership

Updated On: 31 January, 2014 08:20 AM IST | | Karthik Ramanna and SP Kothari

<p>India’s Supreme Court has pulled a dark shroud over the country as it turned the clock backwards on human rights and dignity by endorsing the relevance of a 19th century colonial law to 21st century Indian values</p>

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India’s Supreme Court has pulled a dark shroud over the country as it turned the clock backwards on human rights and dignity by endorsing the relevance of a 19th century colonial law to 21st century Indian values. The Supreme Court’s newfound desire to avoid de facto legislating is at one level admirable.

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