Outcast (2019)

On July 2, 2009, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a colonial law, which criminalizes the LGBT community on the basis of their sexual preferences, was decriminalized by the Delhi High Court in India after a long legal battle which was started back in 2001 by Naz Foundation. This judgment was overturned by the Supreme Court on December 11, 2013 owing to various socio-religious groups appealing against the High Court Judgement. Numerous people who had come out during this period were left in lurch and scared at the prospect of being treated as criminals in their own country now. Before the conservative Indian society could bring itself to accepting and respecting an individual's sexual choice, the Supreme Court shut the door on the community. This documentary is an attempt at understanding how the High Court and Supreme Court judgments have affected the community and what transpired in the lives of these people over years. It analyses the judgments from both the Courts and tries to understand if they were constitutionally valid or sheer travesty of justice.