AMU’s gay lecturer Ramchandra Siras, was first illegally filmed in a compromising position with another man, then suspended by AMU. Though reinstated by the Allahabad High Court, he was found dead — in suspicious circumstances …
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Naz Foundation case: A response to K.V.Dhananjay
My last post reproducing K.V.Dhananjay’s view that the SLPs in the Naz Foundation case do not survive after the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Laloo Prasad case has led to an interesting discussion in the …
Continue readingNaz Foundation case: Update
The Naz Foundation case is coming up before the Chief Justice’s Bench tomorrow. It is listed as Item No.8. The causelist shows that there are as many as 13 SLPs which will be heard together. …
Continue readingNUJS Law Review Special Issue on the Naz Foundation Case
The NUJS law review has just come out with its special volume dedicated to the landmark Naz Foundation judgment that effectively decriminalised same sex activities in India. Pursuant to its tradition of being an open …
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Naz Foundation and the “Order of Nature”: Nurturing Vagueness in the Law?
Vikram undertook a thorough and incisive review of the Delhi High Court decision in the Naz Foundation case in three remarkable posts on …
Continue readingTime article on gay rights activism in Asia
The latest issue of Time has an article with the arresting title, ‘Why Asia’s gays are starting to win acceptance.’ Not surprisingly, the Naz Foundation case features prominently in the piece, though its principal focus …
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The Right that Dares to Speak its Name: A Primer on the Naz Foundation Judgment
Dear All Given the importance of the Naz Foundation decision, and despite the fact that it is an excellently written judgment, we recognize that a 105 pages can be a challenge for many people. We …
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Constitutionality of colonial laws
The Law Minister, in apparent agreement with the Delhi High Court’s verdict in Naz Foundation, has remarked that: We have a Constitution, many a times the Constitution runs parallel to many laws which were enacted …
Continue readingNHRC, the law and the police
Readers who read Justice Verma’s take on the Naz Foundation case will also be interested in a historical connection going back almost a decade. The NAZ case was born out of the NHRC rejecting a …
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Justice J.S.Verma comments on the Naz Foundation Judgment
Guest Blogger J.S.Verma, J. It is a misreading of the Delhi High Court judgment to contend that it approves or legalizes, much less glorify the practice of homosexuality, practiced in privacy. It merely decriminalizes …
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