Navtej Singh Johar — Section 377 read down (India)

2018-09-06 — Indien

Supreme Court ruling (constitution bench, unanimous) on September 6, 2018 in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India: Section 377, insofar as it criminalizes consensual same-sex acts, is "irrational, arbitrary and manifestly unconstitutional". Decriminalization for around 1.3 billion people.

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