Media coverage of 377 SC judgment and subsequent developments

 

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Curative Petition coverage [on Feb 2, 2016]

English media : the verdict and after

• Hindustan Times: No matter what SC decides, India’s on its way to embracing LGBT rights (Feb 3, 2016)
• First Post: Sec 377: the simple stunning logic in the curative petition that will make it easy for the SC to strike down the regressive law (Feb 3, 2016)
• First Post: All you need to know about the SC’s decision to reopen the Sec 377 debate (Feb 3, 2016)
• Hindustan Times: SC was wrong on Sec 377, but now there’s hope (Feb 3, 2016)
• Deccan Chronicle: Homosexuality: 29 cases pending before SC’s 5 judge bench (Feb 3, 2016)
• Huffington Post: The BJP and its 377 problem (Feb 3, 2016)
• India Times: 11 reasons the fight against sec 377 is just the thing modern India needs (Feb 3, 2016)
• LiveLaw.in: Bhopal and Sec 377 – two curative cases compared (Feb 3, 2016)
• India Today: SC reopens homosexuality debate, religious bodies unite to oppose LGBT rights (FEB 3, 2016)
• Economic Times: Homosexuality: SC refers petition to 5 judge bench (Feb 3, 2016)
• Mid-Day: SC ruling on Section 377: Activists react (Feb 3, 2016)
• Orissa Post, Bhubaneswar: SC review of Sec 377 sparks debate in city (Feb 3, 2016)
• Times of India, Chennai: LGBT members elated, hope justice will be done (Feb 3, 2016)
• The Hindu, Chennai: LGBT community in city sees sign of hope (Feb 3, 2016)
• The Hindu: Five-judge Constitution Bench to take a call on Section 377 (Feb 2, 2106)
• FirstPost: Five things you need to know about today’s SC hearing on Sec 377 (Feb 2, 2016)
• IBN Live: Chronology of legal battles on decriminalising homosexuality (Feb 2, 2016)
• Huffington Post: SC refers Sec 377 to 5-judge bench; gives LGBT community new ray of hope (Feb 2, 2016)
• FirstPost: A step closer to equality: SC refers petition against Sec 377 to 5-judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• Asian Age: SC agrees to hear plea against gay sex ban, refers it to larger bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• Telegraph: 5-judge constitutional bench to study plea not to criminalise homosexuality (Feb 2, 2016)
• Doordarshan: SC refers sec 377 matter to constitutional bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• Business Standard: Supreme Court refers Sec 377 plea to 5-judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• BBC: India Supreme Court reopens case on decriminalising gay sex (Feb 2, 2016)
• Blog Legally India: It’s happening: SC refers Sec 377 curative to a constitutional bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• Hindustan Times: SC refers gay sex ban matter to 5-judge bench; LGBT activists cheer (Feb 2, 2016)
• The Hindu: Supreme Court refers plea against Sec 377 to 5-judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• India Today: Sec 377: SC refers gay sex plea to 5-judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• NewsMinute: Hopes rekindled: SC refers petition on Sec 377 to a five-judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• NDTV: Supreme Court asks 5 judges to decide (Feb 2, 2016)
• Deccan Chronicle: SC refers plea against homosexuality ban to larger bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• Times of India: SC refers gay sex plea to 5 judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• IBN Live: SC reopens hearing on Sec 377, refers matter to 5-judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)

Videos

• IBN Live: Isn’t it time to scrap the draconian Sec 377 ? (Feb 2, 2016)
• IBN Live: Hope for LGBT community after SC refers curative plea on homosexuality to 5 judge bench (Feb 2, 2016)
• India Today (Feb 2, 2016)

English media : prior to the verdict

• Legally India: At 3pm today, will Thakur, Dave, Khehar do the highly unlikely and creatively reconsider section 377? (Feb 2, 2016)
• The Hindu: A test of dignity and democracy (Feb 2, 2016)
• IBN Line: Will we spot a rainbow at Supreme Court today? (Feb 2, 2016)
• FirstPost: Section 377 in Supreme Court: Tempering expectations ahead  of today’s curative petition (Feb 2, 2016)
• International Business Times: Supreme Court to hear curative petitions on section 377 (Feb 2, 2016)
• Wall Street Journal: India’s gay sex ban to be challenged in Supreme Court (Feb 2, 2016)
• Hindustan Times: SC hearings on gay sex today: All you need to know about Section 377
• NDTV: Will ban of gay sex stay or go ? Supreme Court hearing today (Feb 2, 2016)
• Himal Mag: Unnatural acts (Feb 2, 2016)
• Livemint: Another chance for the Supreme Court (Feb 2, 2016)
• FirstPost: Section 27: It’s imperative that we strike down this regressive law for India’s future (Feb 2, 2016)
• LiveMint: Another chance for the Supreme Court (Feb 1, 2016)
• The Hindu: Looking to a better tomorrow (Feb 1, 2016)
• Scroll.in: Why we shouldn’t pin too much hope on the Supreme Court decriminalising homosexuality this week (Feb 1, 2016)
• News Minute: As SC hears 377, some resigned, some hopeful (Feb 1, 2016)
• Scroll.in: We queer people will do anything to ensure our liberty, even it takes some Bollywoodising (Feb 1, 2016)
• Times of India, Bangalore: LGBT community keenly awaits SC relook at Section 377 (Feb 1, 2016)
• Times of India, Chennai: LGBT activists pin hopes on SC’s Feb 2 hearing (Jan 31, 2016)
• Gaylaxy.com: Vigils planned across India to remind courts LGBT isn’t miniscule minority (Jan 31, 2016)
• Gaylaxy.com: Whatever the courts decide, this isn’t the end of the road (Jan 31, 2016)
• Times of India: Shouldn’t LGBT peoples’s rights and privacy be protected, Madras HC asks Centre (Jan 31, 2016)
• Blog (Legally Speaking): The 377 Battle: The Court Awakens (Jan 30, 2016)
• New Indian Express: Apex Court to Hear Curative Plea on Sec 377 (Jan 30, 2016)
• Mid-day: We are not minuscule, say Mumbai’s LGBT community members (Jan 30, 2016)
• Bar and Bench: NAZ curative listed for February 2; Will the Supreme Court reverse its S.377 ruling? (Jan 29, 2016) 
• Economic Times: Supreme Court to reconsider ruling to make homosexuality illegal (Jan 29, 2016)
• Huffington Post:  On Feb 2, Supreme Court Should Do The Right Thing: Rethink Section 377 (Jan 29, 2016)
• DNA: Day of Reckoning for LGBT Rights: SC to hear petition challenging Sec 377 on Feb  (Jan 29, 2016)
• FirstPost: Section 377: Supreme Court to hear curative petition on 2 February (Jan 29, 2016)
• Scroll.in:  Supreme Court to hear pleas against ruling on Section 377, which posed threat to LGBT rights (Jan 29, 2016)
• Business Standard: SC to hear in open court curative plea on homosexuality (Kan 29, 2016)
• Business Standard: Decriminalisation of homosexuality: SC to consider curative petition in open court (April 4, 2014)

Television debates

• IBNLive: Calls to scrap Sec 377 grow louder, will gay sex be made legal? (Feb 2, 2016)
• Times Now: Last ray of hope for LGBT activists ?
• IBN: LGBT groups keep vigil as SC gets ready to hear petition on Sec 377 (Jan 31, 2016)

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Post-verdict coverage: 2013-2014

• English media
• Hindi media

English media

• The Hindu: Section 377: The way forward (March 1st)
• Times of India: Month after SC verdict, LGBT takes out rally again (Jan 11th)
• New Indian Express: Scrap Sec 377, Says LGBT Community (Jan 11th)
• Hindu: LGBT activists to Parliament: scrap Section 377 (Jan 11th)
• Hindu: Judgement harsh on LGBT, says Azad
• Firstpost: SC verdict on sec 377 suffers from errors – Centre in Review Petition: Dec 20, 2013
• IndiaToday: Vikram Seth on Section 377 and gay rights in India: Dec 20, 2013
• TOI: Section 377 always a threat, say MSM & transgender sex workers: Dec 18, 2013
• IE: Will our children now be seen as criminals?: Dec 12, 2013
• IE: A.P.Shah – If an Issue of morality is to be decided by majority then fundamental right has no meaning: Dec 22, 2013
• Hindu: Centre movies apex court for review of sec 377 ruling: Dec 21, 2013
• Telegraph: NGO files plea in Supreme Court against criminalising gay sex
• DNA: Section 377 may have marginalised the LGBT community in India, but Hollywood has been embracing gay characters for years: Dec 18, 2013
• AsianAge: IPC 377, Quit India: LGBT community: Dec 16, 2013
• IE: Citing 76 grounds, Govt seeks review of order on gay laws: Dec 21, 2013
• IndiaToday: Sec 377 – with no political support, Centre knocks on SC door again: Dec 20, 2013
• TOI: Section 377: Men worry about being framed by women
• TOI: Review Section 377 move, Hooda aide to Sonia Gandhi
• BBC: India government asks court to review gay sex ban
• TOI: Govts move to review gay sex verdict a welcome step
• Curiois case in review of SC gay ruling : Govt says its law is illegal
• Econ Times: Hope right to personal choices is preserved: Kapil Sibal
• Reuters: Govt presses Supreme Court to drop gay sex ban
• Gordon Atlantic supports LGBT rights in India
• How Supreme Court’s decision on restoring Section 377 impacts India’s image
• Guardian: Vikram Seth says India’s SC gay sex ban is against our tradition of tolerance
• TOI: Govt to file review petition against gay sex ruling on Monday
• TOI: Section 377 spoils LGBTs’ New Year party
• CSM: After defeat, India’s gay rights movement sees new political path
• DNA: Congress sends defamation notice to Ramdev over Homosexuality
• Asian Age: IPC 377 : Quit India says LGBT community
• TOI: Role of parent power in LGBT fight
• India’s Transgender Queen Contest in Manipur
• Tehelka: Q Has A Few New Rules
• Econ Times: BJPs illiberal streak : why spurning gays and lesbians will cost the party politically
• AsiaRadioToday: Gay station will continue despite India court ruling
• Deccan Chronicle: Muslims and RSS join hands over gay sex
• Business Line: Nothing gay about sec 377
• Bollywood celebs react to sec 377 verdict
• Pune MPs to back sec 377 amendment
• To India: Stop Criminalizing People Who Are Not Criminals
• LGBT community holds protests in Vadodara
• TOI: Dialling up support for LGBTs
• Oxford students rally against Indian anti-gay ruling
• Hindu: LGBTs make themselves heard
• TOI: Vikram Seth slams SC order on Sec 377 at Rashtrapati Bhavan
• Guardian: Britain should acknowledge its historical responsibility for spreading anti-gay laws around the world
• TOI: Is it Hindu to be Homophobic : Devdutt Pattanaik
• TOI: Muslim groups slam clerics and SC verdict on sec 377
• Zee: Homosexuality has never been considered a crime in Hindu culture, says Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
• Hindu: Turning the clock forward
• TOI: ‘Not now’, says Sushilkumar Shinde on issuing ordinance on gay sex
• Which countries still criminalise homosexuality?
• IE: LGBT Community Worried over Availing Govt Schemes
• TOI: Girish Karnad speaks up for the LGBT community
• IE: Changing Sec 377 Requires Political, Not Judicial, Will
• IBN: BJP backs Section 377, says western culture cannot be brought to India
• Telegraph: BJP comes out, vows to oppose homosexuality
• Hindu: Bikaner MP to raise antihomosexuality bill in Lok Sabha
• Religious leaders laud gay sex ban
• TOI: Lawyer wants sec 377 invoked against ex-lover
• A day after SC verdict, woman files case against husband under sec 377
• Deccan Herald: Living on the edge
• No Gay Marriages, Gurdwaras across World Told
• NDTV: Vikram Seth slams BJP on its deafening silence
• TOI: Attorney General Vahanvati’s statement
• Hindustan Times: Pro-Modi group and US State Department slam 377 ruling
• The Hindu: Govt. considering all options to decriminalise homosexuality
• Anti-Gay India Ruling Sparks San Fran Protests
• India Seeks Reversal in Gay Ban Ruling
• Gayness doesn’t spread like flu
• Lawyer wants Section 377 invoked against ex-lover
• India’s gay rights movement rises up after SC criminalises homosexuality
• India Today: Section 377: Narendra Modi, Baba Ramdev set for power-lunch with Macaulay?
• Firstpost: Section 377: Don’t blame ancient India for prudish excesses of the British
• TOI: Amend sec 377 immediately says Raghavji
• Sonia, Sibal, Chidambaram come out against SC order on Section 377
• Indian media outrage over gay sex ruling
• AAP supports repeal of sec 377
• Statements from various political leaders
• Cardinal Gracias says “gay people are not criminals”
• Rahul Gandhi wants sec 377 to go, supports gay rights
• NDTV: Govt considering ordinance to amend law, say sources
• TOI: oliticians drag feet on repealing Section 377
• Outlook: Govt Considering All Options to Decriminalise Gay Sex
• Aamir Khan : Sec 377 is intolerant, violative of basic human rights
• The Hindu: A retrogade decision
• Livemint: The contours of a ruling
• Indian Express: ASG questions SC’s double standards
• NDTV: Supreme court says gay sex criminal, activists to seek review
• Govt considers options, Sonia disappointed with SC ruling
• Tehelka: It’s not about gays anymore
• NDTV: Gay sex is criminal offense, rules Supreme court
• First Post: Live Tweets: Government will take action if required – Manish Tiwari
• Lakshmi Chaudhry, FirstPost: SC verdict on 377: Why Indians, gay and straight, must all despair

Hindi media

• Amar Ujala (28/12/2013) – Gay Sex Par Diggi Ne RSS Par Dala Sawal
• Aaj Tak (24/12/2013) – Samlaingikta Par SC Ke Faisle Ke Khilaf “Naz Foundation” Ne Daakhil Ki Punarvichar Yachika
• Amar Ujala (21/12/2013) – Samlaingikta Ke Samarthan Mein Kendre, Punavichar Yachika Dayar
• Amar Ujala (21/12/2013) Samlaingik Ke Samarthan Mein Kendra, Punarvichar Yachika Dayar
• Amar Ujala (20/12/2013) – Gay Sex Kanoon Par, SC Pahunchi Sarkar
• Amar Ujala: Gallery of Photos
• Pal Pal India (20/12/2013) – Samlaingikta Par Supreme Court Ke Faisle Ke Khilaf Kendra Ne Dakhil Ki Yachika
• NDTV Khabar (20/12/2013) – Samlaingikta Ko Apradh Manane Waale Supreme Court Ke Faisle Ke Khilaf Review Petition
• One India Hindi (20/12/2013) – Dhara 377 Par Kendra Ne SC Mein Dayar Ki Punar Vichar Yachika
• Samay Live (20/12/2013) – Samlaingikta Par Kendre Ne Daya Ki Punarvichar Yachika
• Web Duniya Hindi (20/12/2013) – Samlaingikta par Punarvichar Ke Liye Kendre Ki Yachika
• Dainik Tribune (20/12/2013) – Ek Rishte Par Nayi Bahas
• Online India Hindi (20/12/2013) – Gay Aur Lesbian Sex Ko Apraadh Thehraane Ke Khilaf Punarvichar Yachika Dayar
• Online India (20/12/2013) – Dhara 377 Par Kendra Ne SC Mein Dayar Ki Punarvichar Yachika
• Live Hindustan (20/12/2013) – Samlaingikta Kanoon: Supreme Court mein Punarvichar Yachika Dayar
• Chhattisgarh Khabar (20/12/2013) – Sarvochya Nyayalay mein Punaryachika Dayar
• Dainik Bhaskar (13/12/2013) – 11 Saal Tak Hota Raha Mera Balatkaar – Padiya Ek Samlaingik Ki Dardnaak Aapbeeti
• Dainik Bhaskar (12/12/2013) -Samlaingik Rishte Par Court Ke Faisle Ke Khilaf Sadkon Par Uttre Log
• Amar Ujala (12/12/2013) – Gay Sex Par Sonia Ke Baad Rahul Ne Bhi Todi Chuppi
• Aaj Tak (11/12/13) – Samlaingikta Bharat mein Apradh, Supreme Court Ne Palta Delhi High Court Ka Faisla
• Amar Ujaala (11/12/2013) – Apraadh Hai Gay Sex Supreme Court Ka Faisla

Foreign Media on SC Verdict

• NY Times editorial: India’s reversal on gay rights
• BBC News: India top court reinstates gay sex ban
• Huff post: India’s SC recriminalised gay sex
• Aljazeera: Indian top court says gay sex is an offence
• Guardian: Indian LGBT activists outraged as supreme court reinstates gay sex ban
• NY Times: Court restores India’s ban on gay sex
• CNN: India top court gay sex illegal
• Washington Post: Court in India criminalizes homosexuality
• The Wall Street Journal: Indian court reinstates law banning gay sex
• Huffington Post: India’s Supremer court upholds anti-gay sex law

Dec 11, 2013, before the judgement

• IBN Live: SC set to decide on Section 377 today; gay community waits in hope
• Indian Express: Section 377 verdict today: LGBT community pins hopes on SC
• NDTV: Supreme court verdict on plea against decriminalising gay sex likely today
• First Post: Queer community crosses its fingers as SC set to decide on Section 377

Dec 10, 2013

• Hindustan times:SC verdict on decriminalising gay sex tomorrow

Dec 9, 2013

• Times now, Dec 9: Debate My Life My Right – Ashok Row Kavi and Onir
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3