The court in Navtej Singh Johar had apologized to the LQBTQ+ community for historical wrongs and had added: Sexual orientation is normal. The right to free speech and expression is violated by discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Since the disqualification of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs in Maharashtra is sub-judice in the Supreme Court and the SC itself ordered a floor test, it has created another disastrous precedent to find a gap in the anti-defection law.
BY Kamya Wahal And Kumar Kartikeya 10 July 2022
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