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Fri 07 Jul 2009Delhi court legalises gay sex
THE NEW Delhi high court yesterday overturned a 148-year-old colonial law that declared homosexuality to be a crime punishable by up to 10 years in jail.
The historic court ruling in response to a gay rights petition seeking to amend the statute, declared that treating consensual gay sex as a crime was a violation of fundamental rights protected by the Indian constitution.
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