Delhi High Court judgment in Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi

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gptkbp:instanceOf court judgment
gptkbp:bench Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
Justice S. Muralidhar
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Navtej_Singh_Johar_v._Union_of_India
160 Delhi Law Times 277
gptkbp:deliveredBy gptkb:Delhi_High_Court
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Naz_Foundation_v._Govt._of_NCT_of_Delhi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Delhi High Court judgment in Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi
gptkbp:judgmentDate 2 July 2009
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Delhi
gptkbp:legalProvisionChallenged gptkb:Section_377_of_Indian_Penal_Code
gptkbp:overruledBy Supreme Court of India judgment in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:Naz_Foundation
gptkbp:response gptkb:Government_of_NCT_of_Delhi
gptkbp:result Section 377 read down to exclude consensual sex between adults
gptkbp:significance decriminalized consensual homosexual acts between adults in private
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
LGBT rights
decriminalization of homosexuality
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Suresh_Kumar_Koushal_v._Naz_Foundation
gptkb:Suresh_Kumar_Koushal_Act_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7