GK Question

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In the Navtej Singh Johar case (2018), the Supreme Court decriminalized homosexuality by reading down Section 377 IPC, citing violation of Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

In Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018), a five-judge bench unanimously held that Section 377 IPC (criminalizing 'carnal intercourse against the order of nature') violated: Article 14 (equality), Article 15 (non-discrimination), Article 19 (freedom of expression), and Article 21 (privacy, dignity, autonomy). This landmark judgment affirmed LGBTQ+ rights as Fundamental Rights.

Topic Fundamental Rights
Exam Relevance Contemporary rights jurisprudence question for UPSC Mains and SSC; tests evolving constitutional interpretation
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