Entry #807: Equal age of consent in India

Current Version

RegionIndia
IssueEqual age of consent
StatusEqual
Start DateSep 6, 2018
End Datenow
DescriptionThe age of consent is equal since decriminalization. In the Supreme Court case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, a five-judge Constitutional Bench overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation and decriminalized homosexuality by striking down the provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that deemed sexual acts between consenting adults as criminal.
SourcesNavtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) 2018 INSC 790 (Supreme Court of India) [https://web.archive.org/web/20200703201150/https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf]


👍 NEW: Helpful votes! You can now rate each edit as helpful or unhelpful. Votes add another layer of approval and are an easy way to say thank you to other editors. Helpful votes may become public in the future but unhelpful votes will always remain private.

Revision History (4)

edited by sushilkumarprem. Equal Age of Consent since decriminalization.

Old Value New Value (Current)
Start DateApr 2, 2013Sep 6, 2018
DescriptionThe Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to 18.The age of consent is equal since decriminalization. In the Supreme Court case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, a five-judge Constitutional Bench overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation and decriminalized homosexuality by striking down the provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that deemed sexual acts between consenting adults as criminal.
Show Difference
The Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to 18. is equal since decriminalization. In the Supreme Court case of Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, a five-judge Constitutional Bench overturned the Supreme Court's decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation and decriminalized homosexuality by striking down the provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that deemed sexual acts between consenting adults as criminal.
Sourceshttp://indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/132013.pdfNavtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) 2018 INSC 790 (Supreme Court of India) [https://web.archive.org/web/20200703201150/https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf]
Show Difference
http://indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/132013.pdf Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) 2018 INSC 790 (Supreme Court of India) [https://web.archive.org/web/20200703201150/https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf]

edited by danlev

Old Value New Value
DescriptionThe Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to.The Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to 18.
Show Difference
The Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to. to 18.
Reports (4)
  • Status is not correct "Homosexuality was not legal until 6 September 2018. As there was no unequal age of consent, there was equal age of consent since decriminalization. The entry seems to refer to the change in age of consent for overall population. "
  • Status is not correct "If consensual homosexual sex is still criminalized, there cannot be an equal age of consent. "
  • Status is not correct "Homosexual sex is illegal. Therefore, the age for consent cannot be raised."
  • Status is not correct "When having homosexual sex is itself illegal, it is ridiculous to state that there's equal age of consent. You should have a "NOT APPLICABLE" criterion."

edited by danlev

Old Value (Original) New Value
DescriptionThe age of consent for both was raised to 18 in 2013The Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to.
Show Difference
The age of consent for both was raised to 18 in 2013 Criminal Law Act of 2013 raised the age of consent for homosexual sex and heterosexual sex to.

created by vviet93

Original entry
StatusEqual
Start DateApr 2, 2013
End Datenow
DescriptionThe age of consent for both was raised to 18 in 2013
Sourceshttp://indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/132013.pdf