The Supreme Court had in 2013 restored sexual relationship between persons of the same sex as a criminal offence by setting aside the 2009 Delhi High Court judgement that had held as unconstitutional section 377 of the IPC, which makes such actions between two consenting adults of same sex as a penal offence
ಇದಕ್ಕೂ ಮುನ್ನ 2009ರಲ್ಲಿ ದೆಹಲಿ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್ ಸೆಕ್ಷನ್ 377ರ ಅಡಿ ಸಲಿಂಗ ಸಂಬಂಧವು ಅಪರಾಧ ಅಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿತ್ತು