An Indian court ruled gay sex between consenting adults was not a crime, ordering that the rights of citizens were violated by parts of a 150-year-old colonial-era law that made it illegal. “We declare that section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, in so far as it criminalizes consensual acts of others in private,” runs counter to basic human rights guaranteed by articles of the Indian constitution, Chief Justice A.P. Shah of the Delhi High Court said in a ruling. Section 377, drafted by British rulers in 1860, has drawn criticism from public health activists as a barrier in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Parts of the law will continue to apply to forms of non-consensual sex, the ruling said.

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