KEY FACTS: The petitioners, aged 21 and 22, were in a live-in relationship for a few years in the state of Uttar Pradesh. They faced opposition from there families who were threatening to use coercive measures. They sought civil protection from their families to continue living peacefully. ISSUES AND DECISION: The issue before the court […]
GALABADA PAYALAGE SANATH WIMALASIRI VS. OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, POLICE STATION, MARADANA
KEY FACTS: A person accused two people of engaging in an “indecent act” under Section 365A of the Sri Lankan Penal code. He had witnessed the two persons engaged in oral sex in a car in a public place. Wimalasiri, one of the accused, is a police officer. The police arrested him and brought him […]
RAJANI SHAHI VS. NATIONAL WOMEN COMMISSION
KEY FACTS: Rajani Shahi was in a heterosexual marriage with Pradip Shahi. She came out as a lesbian to her husband. She filed a divorce against her husband to live with her partner, Ms. Nepali. Her husband then abducted her and forced her to live with him. Rajani approached the National Women Commission (NWC) to […]
NAVTEJ SINGH JOHAR VS. UNION OF INDIA
KEY FACTS: Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) criminalised consensual sexual intercourse between persons of the same sex for being “against the order of nature”. In 2009, before the Delhi High Court, the Naz Foundation (India) Trust (“Naz”) challenged the constitutionality of Section 377 for violating Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 of the Constitution. The court ruled that punishing […]