http://gaysifamily.com/community/forum/desi-legal-system Gaysi Community en-US Wed, 23 May 2012 02:07:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://gaysifamily.com/community/search.php http://gaysifamily.com/community/topic/indias-health-minister-calls-homosexuality-a-disease-unnatural-and-unfortunate#post-390 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:08:07 +0000 Shri 390@http://gaysifamily.com/community/ <p>Watch the video here :<br /> <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ghulam-nabi-azad-calls-homosexuality-unnatural-and-a-disease-116761" rel="nofollow">http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ghulam-nabi-azad-calls-homosexuality-unnatural-and-a-disease-116761</a></p> <p>Please sign the petition here :<br /> <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/pmoihmr/petition.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.petitiononline.com/pmoihmr/petition.html</a></p> <p>Voice your opinion below. </p> http://gaysifamily.com/community/topic/happy-2nd-july-2nd-anniversary-of-decriminalization-of-homosexuality-in-india#post-385 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:19:50 +0000 Shri 385@http://gaysifamily.com/community/ <p>Here is Kajal Bhardwaj's Op-ed on Asian Age dated July 5, 2009<br /> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>The group looked up expectedly as the Bench that had heard the case —Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar — walked in.</p> <p>In keeping with court tradition, the room rose and bowed to the judges inrespect and sat down, this time on the edge of their seats. The judges, perhaps keenly aware of the path-breaking judgment they were about to deliver, kept a studiously straight face.</p> <p>Chief Justice Shah looked out at the packed courtroom and said, almost grimly, that he would read out the conclusion. The front row comprising the lawyers for both sides — Naz Foundation, Voices Against 377, the Government of India, Joint Action Committee, Kunnur (Jack) and B.P. Singhal, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s former Rajya Sabha MP, stood at attention to hear the verdict. Three sentences into the Chief Justice’s reading and, like a wave sweeping a football stadium, one row after the other rose in attention —holding hands, straining to catch every word.</p> <p>It was expected. Yet when these words were read out, "We declare that Section 377 IPC, insofar it criminalizes consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution", an audible gasp went around the room. By the time the Chief Justice had finished reading the conclusion of the judgment, people were openly weeping and there were handshakes and hugs all around. </p> http://gaysifamily.com/community/topic/affidavits-for-377-petition#post-261 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:43:03 +0000 kk690 261@http://gaysifamily.com/community/ <p>Please reply to this post or you can email it to me at <a href="mailto:kavya611@gmail.com">kavya611@gmail.com</a> </p> http://gaysifamily.com/community/topic/affidavits-for-377-petition#post-260 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:41:10 +0000 kk690 260@http://gaysifamily.com/community/ <p>Hey!<br /> We're filing a petition in favour of the Naz foundation petition in the supreme court this Friday. For this, we're doing an empirical study to assess the positive impact that the High Court Judgment in the S. 377 case has had on the LGBT community in DELHI.<br /> We need affidavits for this, and we are aiming to get at least a 100 to persuade the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment that decriminalizes consensual non peno-vaginal sex.<br /> Please answer these following questions: YOU CAN DO THIS ANONYMOUSLY.<br /> Name, age, area of residence (not the full address, just the area, eg. Saket)<br /> Any instance of discrimination faced before the judgment<br /> Has there been a difference since the judgment - better treatment by police, society in general, etc.<br /> Do you want the Supreme Court to uphold the High Court judgment (and why)?</p> <p>This would be a HUGE help to make the Supreme Court uphold the judgment. And remember this has to be done on or before FRIDAY 15th April, 2011.</p> <p>Thank you!! </p>