2014 Kiss of Love protest

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Kiss of Love Protest
Protest in Ernakulam
Date	2 November 2014[1] (Initial outburst)
Location	Trivandrum, Kochi, New Delhi, Mumbai, Calicut, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai
Caused by	Multiple instances of moral policing
Methods	Protest by French kissing, hugging and holding hands
Casualties
Arrested	Around 50
Charged	Around 100[2]

The Kiss of Love protest was a non-violent protest against moral policing. It started in Kerala, India, and later spread to other parts of the country.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

The movement began when a Facebook page called Kiss of Love called forth the youth across Kerala to participate in a protest against moral policing on November 2, 2014, at Marine Drive, Kochi.^[8][9] The Facebook page garnered more than 154,404 followers.^[10][11] After the initial protest in Kochi, similar protests were organized in other major cities of the country.

The movement later received opposition from various religious and political groups, including the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, SDPI, Vishva Hindu Parishad, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal and Hindu Sena.^{[12][13][14][15]} In a series of judgments, both the Supreme Court of India and the Delhi High Court ruled that kissing in public is not an obscene act and that no criminal proceedings can be initiated for kissing in public.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}