Allahabad High Court while directing reinstatement of a home guard, observed that any display of affection among members of the LGBT community towards their partners in public, as long as it does not amount to indecency or has the potential to disturb public order, cannot be bogged down by majority perception.
The guard was sacked on the charge of ‘indecency’ on the basis of a video in which he was purportedly seen ‘displaying affection’ to his same-sex partner.
The HC said the order was is in violation of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Navtej Singh Johar vs Union of India wherein it had observed that "the sexual orientation of a person is his individual choice and any act of treating it as an offence would be interference in the right to privacy of the person concerned".
The court in its February 2 order also said that the petitioner would be entitled to all admissible dues and the honorarium shall be paid regularly as and when the same fell due.
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News 18
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