nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180909-151331-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180909s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180909-151331-0 doi eng 342 23 Bagchi, Kanad Author aut Decriminalising Homosexuality in India as a Matter of Transformative Constitutionalism Bagchi, Kanad Verfassungsblog 2018-09-09 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier What worth is a Constitution if it does not seek out the emancipation of a society’s most marginalized and excluded? Indeed, what vision ought a Constitution espouse if it isn’t a commitment to basic fundamental rights and freedoms? Ultimately, what polity must a Constitution nurture if it isn’t towards imbibing the widest and most deepest sense of inclusion and pluralism in society? All these searching questions and much more came to form a distinct part of the decision of the Indian Supreme Court (Court) when it was called upon to rule on the constitutional validly of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Criminalization of Homosexuality Indian Supreme Court Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/decriminalising-homosexuality-in-india-as-a-matter-of-transformative-constitutionalism/ raw object