Gay activists celebrate the New Delhi High Court ruling decriminalizing gay sex, in New Delhi on Thursday,02 July 2009. A top Indian court issued a landmark ruling decriminalizing gay sex between consenting adults, overturning colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality. The New Delhi High Court ruled that an existing statute prohibiting homosexual acts was discriminatory and therefore a "violation of fundamental rights" accorded under the constitution.

Photographer: A Sarthak

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