Consensual sexual acts of adults (i.e. persons above the age of 18 years who are competent toconsent, which should be free, voluntary and devoid of any duress or coercion) in private is not an offence.
Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju who lead the battle against the archaic Section 377 of the IPC which criminalizes homosexuality , on behalf of the Petitioners along with other senior lawyers, in Navtej Singh Johar and others v. Union of India have been given a spot in the most influential people list released by The Time Magazine.
Arundhati Katju is the niece of former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju and Menaka Guruswamy is the daughter of Mohan Guruswamy, a well-known political-thinker and adviser to former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Priyanka Chopra wrote a profile for Katju and Guruswamy in TIME magazine.
-Priyanka Chopra
“Armed with a well-planned strategy that went beyond their well-researched legal arguments, Arundhati and Menaka became beacons of hope for the Indian LGBTQ+ community. Their perseverance and commitment led an entire community to a historic win by humanizing their struggles and giving them the freedom to love.”