2018 · Constitutional Law
Navtej Singh Johar vs Union Of India
Supreme Court of India · (2018) 10 SCC 1 · Decided 6 September 2018
Bench: J. Misra, J. Khanwilkar, J. Nariman, J. Chandrachud, J. Malhotra
Summary
A five-judge bench unanimously read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations between adults, holding that criminalising such conduct violated the constitutional rights to equality, dignity, and privacy.