Reacting to the apex court ruling in favour of the LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, intersex and queer/questioning) community in India, Tharoor said he was very pleased with the historic judgement.
The bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, made this categorical assertion when some lawyers, seeking upholding of section 377, said the petitioners, who were members of the LGBT community, constituted only 5-8 per cent of the country's total population.
We often talk about increasing cases of sexual assault on women and urge for strict laws to curb the deteriorating state of safety for girls in the country.But have we ever, in our wildest dreams,
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