Supreme Court · 2018 · (2018) 10 SCC 1
Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
A Constitution Bench held that Section 377 IPC was unconstitutional insofar as it criminalised consensual sexual conduct between adults. The judgments grounded the result in equality, dignity, privacy and freedom of expression while retaining the provision for non-consensual acts and acts involving minors.