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Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2009) [1] is a landmark Indian case decided by a two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court, which held that treating consensual homosexual sex between adults as a crime is a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's Constitution. The verdict resulted in the decriminalization of homosexual acts ...
[37] [38] In June 2015, the Delhi High Court refused to set aside Meena's appointment but asked him to act in "accordance with law". [39] Consequently, the Delhi government reduced Meena's mandate, asking him to look after training and cases undergoing trial. Yadav was asked to handle—among other things—investigations and functioning of the ...
On 11 December 2013, the Supreme Court of India set aside the 2009 judgement given by the Delhi High Court stating that judicial intervention was not required in this issue. This in effect recriminalized sexual intercourse "against the order of nature". In its judgment the Supreme court bench of justices G. S. Singhvi and S. J. Mukhopadhaya ...
On 7 December 2015, the Delhi High Court dismissed the appeals of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others which included Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda, [39] and ordered them to appear in person before the trial court on 9 December. [40] The Delhi High Court in its 7 December 2015 judgment noted "criminal intent ...
(Single-judge bench judgement dated 16 September 2016) The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Others v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services and Others (High Court of Delhi 2016-12-09), Text, archived from the original on 2019-05-30. (Division bench judgement dated 9 December 2016, on appeal)
The plaintiff, Amar Nath Sehgal is a renowned artist and sculptor, who created a mural in the lobby of Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi on the direction of appropriate authority. In the year 1957, the Government of India commissioned Mr. Sehgal for creating a bronze mural for Vigyan Bhavan, the most prominent International Convention Hall in Delhi.
English: The historical judgement by the Delhi High court that declared Section 377 unconstitutional as it violated Fundamental Rights. This judgement decriminalised Gay and Lesbian issues that were declared as "against the order of nature" as espoused by old British Commonwealth Law.
A two-judge Bench of Delhi High Court, consisting of Chief Justice of Delhi High Court D.N. Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan, admitted the petition on 14 September 2020. [33] A gay couple, Supriya Chakraborty and Abhay Dang, filed a petition seeking legal recognition of their marriage in the Supreme Court of India on 14 November 2022. [34]