Authority: Supreme Court of India

Date: 12/11/2013

Subject: The Supreme Court of India reversed the decision of the Delhi High Court of 2009, which stated the constitutional illegitimacy of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises sexual activities “against the order of nature”, applied to relations between consenting adults

Parties: Suresh Kumar Koushal and others v. NAZ Foundation and others

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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