Columbia Lawyers Win Historic LGBT Rights Victory in India
September 06, 2018
September 06, 2018
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 -- The Columbia Law School issued the following news release:
The Indian Supreme Court's landmark decision on Sept. 6, overturning an 1860 law that criminalized "carnal intercourse against the order of nature," has been hailed as a giant step for LGBT rights in the world's largest democracy.
It was also a professional triumph for two Indian public-interest litigators at Columbia Law School. Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju '17 LL.M. were . . .
The Indian Supreme Court's landmark decision on Sept. 6, overturning an 1860 law that criminalized "carnal intercourse against the order of nature," has been hailed as a giant step for LGBT rights in the world's largest democracy.
It was also a professional triumph for two Indian public-interest litigators at Columbia Law School. Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju '17 LL.M. were . . .