Had no plans to absolve Advani: Justice Liberhan

Justice MS Liberhan on Saturday denied allegations that the commission headed by him — which probed the reasons for the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya 17 years ago — wanted to absolve BJP leader LK Advani of all blame since the beginning, reports Nagendar Sharma.
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Keep the law outside the bedroom
The real problem with Section 377 is not that it doesn’t work, or that it is misused or that it ignores centuries of same-sex love. The problem is that it extends the scope of the law beyond what is necessary or legitimate in a liberal society. Allow the police to decide what two homosexuals can do in their bedroom and you have no logically consistent reason for refusing to let them decide what two heterosexuals can get up to, writes Vir Sanghvi.

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