02 July,2009 08:48 AM IST | | Agencies
The Delhi High Court is likely to rule on a much- debated petition by gay right activists seeking decriminalisation of homosexual relations among consenting adults today.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah had reserved its verdict on November 7 last year.
The verdict will be the first to be delivered by an Indian court on a 19th century law that treats homosexual activity as a criminal offence.
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The petitioners, including voluntary organisation Naz Foundation, pleaded that the criminal provision against homosexual behaviour should be scrapped for consenting adults who indulge in such acts in private.
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The petition said that Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is violative of their fundamental right.
