In its intervention application at the Supreme Court, the NCPCR claimed there are studies showing that adopted children of same-sex couples get affected socially and psychologically.
In a statement released on April 3, the Indian Psychiatric Society said that discrimination of LGBTQIA+ individuals might lead to mental health issues.
Bombay high court. (File photo)
MUMBAI: Observing a likelihood of his “trial being delayed for a “considerable period”, Bombay high court on Tuesday upheld bail granted by a special trial court to Kalyan-youth Areeb Majeed accused of alleged ISIL links after he went to Syria.
The HC bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale noted invoked the fundamental right to life in the context of right to speedy trial. The HC said through bail parameters are stringent for special laws like UAPA, courts are “required to perform a balancing act…between rights of an individual and society at large.’’