Human Rights Watch called the ruling 'a victory for basic rights to privacy, non-discrimination and liberty. Watch a report on why discrimination is likely to continue » Chidambaram indicated that the government might have 'new thinking' on the issue. India's Ministry of Home Affairs opposed changes to the law on grounds that decriminalizing homosexual conduct would 'open the floodgates of delinquent behavior.'īut on Wednesday, Home Minister P. Government prosecutors did not immediately oppose the judgment, Jaisingh said, but they have that option. The verdict will affect law enforcement all around India because it deals with a law enacted by the federal parliament. The ruling means the law - Indian penal code section 377, which had criminalized consensual homosexual acts between adults - has been partly struck down but remains in place as far as forced homosexual acts are concerned. We met on Grindr, exchanged numbers, photos and quickly moved to WhatsApp,' Apoorv said. He didn’t expect it to turn into a nightmare. Any homosexual act without the consent of either partner remains a criminal offense, however, Indira Jaisingh, counsel for the nonprofit Naz Foundation which had challenged the law, told CNN. Apoorv, 31, was very excited when someone he met on Grindr, a popular dating app for gay, bisexual and transgender men, asked him out on a date.