This ruling by a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao, came after a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by Delhi-based dermatologist Zaheer Ahmed.
“I am what I am. So take me as I am. No one can escape from their individuality”, CJI Dipak Misra declared in the Supreme Court, striking down Section 377 as illegal and arbitrary.
In what could well be a first, SC judges Kurian Joseph and KM Joseph shed their traditional reserve and revealed their musical sides to an audience that included the Chief Justice of India!
“I had two options: to listen to the dictates of my heart or my purse. I chose to listen to my heart,” later said the owner about his newspaper's finest hour.
Pointing out that the L-G cannot act independently, SC's five-judge Constitution bench categorically said that neither the L-G nor the CM "should feel superior to the other".