d_demandasaurus

18 October 2023 – the day following the pronouncement of the judgement the front page of a newspaper had the news of the recent violent revival of the Israel – Palestine conflict, another news with a new inauguration of some infrastructure project, news about the honour killing about a couple who dared to have an inter-caste marriage and somewhere pressed in was the disappointment of the queer community on the same sex judgement that too in pointers.    Never did I ever think in this lifetime that I would be affected by a decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The Court since 2014, played a pivotal role in modern Indian jurisprudence giving and widening the rights of Transsexuals, challenging the constitutionality of Section 377, upholding individual privacy rights in the Hadiya Marriage Case, declaring the Sabarimala Temple's practices unconstitutional and emphasising bail rights and further extended to various areas, including human rights, gender justice, and freedom of spe...