title: On criminalisation and pathology: a commentary on the Supreme Court judgment on Section 377.
abstract: The judgment delivered last week by the Supreme Court of India, upholding the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), overturns a judgment by the Delhi High Court in 2009 that decriminalised sexual activity between two consenting adults. This judgment has unleashed a veritable firestorm of protest in the public space. There has been a heated and vitriolic debate on this issue in the print and social media, as well as television, with public opinion, in the main, being critical of the judgment.
authors: Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research, B-16, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 016. aloksarin@gmail.com.
authors: Alok
authors: A
authors: Sarin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003416:Criminal Law / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007600:Judgment; D011639:Public Opinion; D012725:Sexual Behavior