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In the five-Judge Constitution Bench decision of the Supreme Court in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of…

In Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018), "Chief Justice Dipak Misra" authored the lead opinion on behalf of himself and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, with separate…

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In the five-Judge Constitution Bench decision of the Supreme Court in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) — which overruled Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation (2013) and decriminalised consensual sexual conduct between adults in private, a position reflected in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — who authored the lead judgment on behalf of himself and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar?

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In Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018), "Chief Justice Dipak Misra" authored the lead opinion on behalf of himself and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, with separate concurring opinions by Justice R.F. Nariman, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, and Justice Indu Malhotra, overruling the earlier two-Judge Bench decision in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. Naz Foundation (which had been authored by Justice G.S. Singhvi on former Section 377 IPC).

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