Denial of self expression is like death: CJI on Section 377
While decriminalising gay sex and scrapping several parts of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a 156-year-old law which criminalised homosexuality, CJI Dipak Misra said, "Denial of self expression is like death." "Section 377 is irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary," he added. "No one can escape from their individualism. Society is now better for individualism," he further said.