Sex and the Supreme Court: How the Law is Upholding the Dignity of the Indian Citizen

'The Constitution [of India] has within it the ability to produce social catharsis...'

At 12.12 p.m. on 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India created history by reading down Section 377 - reversing an archaic law laid down by the British in 1860 and decriminalizing homosexuality for the first time in modern India.

Yet, this is not the only ruling that the Supreme Court has made in recent times championing the rights of an individual to her or his identity and dignity.

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