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The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped section 377 of Indian Penal Code giving a new found freedom to LGBTQ community. The constitution bench was headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, whose tenure ends soon. The arguments were heard for four days in July and had reserved the judgement.

In wake of agitation against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens, Section 144 of CrPC, which bans the gathering of four or more people, was imposed in Mandi House area of New Delhi today. But despite the prohibitory orders, protesters gathered at the area.

Homosexuality is not a crime, the RSS said on Thursday, while maintaining that it does not support same-sex marriage as it was not natural. The comments came on a day the Supreme Court unanimously decriminalized part of Section 377 of IPC, which criminalizes consensual unnatural sex.

Giving the judgment on Aadhaar, the SC struck down some provisions relating to authentication of the program, and the Section 57 of Aadhaar Act. Three out of five judges upheld the legality of the program and about its constitutional validity. Justice Sikri said it's better to be unique than best.

On Tuesday, authorities removed protesters from Supreme Court premises for raising an objection to the clean chit given to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in the sexual harassment case. The protesters raised slogans and carried placards to the top court. They were forcefully taken to buses.

The sentence for three Shakti Mills gang-rape convicts, who were found guilty for two rape cases, will be pronounced today by the session court in Mumbai and they may face death sentence as on Thursday the three were booked under IPC section 376 (E), a new legal provision under which repeat offenders may face death sentence or life-term imprisonment.

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Of course, in India, Section 377 of Indian Penal Code is considered to be a crime, but an international bank has taken such a decision in the interest of its employees.