India court seeks advice to make police more responsive to LGBTQ people
India in its post-independence constitution promised “equality” to every citizen. The country’s Supreme Court in 2018 decriminalized consensual same-sex sexual relations, but it still has a long way to go.
The Bombay High Court, the highest court in Maharastra state, on Aug. 11 called for suggestions on how to make police officers more sensitive to the LGBTQ and intersex community.
A division bench at the Bombay High Court was hearing a petition that a same-sex couple who requested police protection from their family filed.
The court asked for responses from the Mumbai police and prison authorities on how an amendment could be made to the Maharashtra Police Manual to sensitize cops in dealing with LGBTQ people. “If two individuals want to live together, the police cannot interfere with them.
