Homosexuality decriminalised: LGBT community rejoices

An activist waves a rainbow flag (LGBT pride flag) after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

LGBTQ community people, with a rainbow flag, celebrate the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, in front of Town Hall in Bengaluru. (DH Photo)

People celebrate after the Supreme Court's verdict of decriminalizing gay sex and revocation of the Section 377 law, inside the Supreme Court premises in New Delhi. (Reuters Photo)

Supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community celebrate after the Supreme Court's verdict of decriminalizing gay sex and revocation of the archaic Section 377 law, at an NGO in Mumbai. (Reuters Photo)

Supporters of the LGBT community celebrate after the Supreme Court's verdict of decriminalizing gay sex and revocation of the archaic Section 377 law, in front of Town Hall in Bengaluru. (DH Photo)

People react after the Supreme Court verdict which decriminalises consensual gay sex, outside the Supreme Court in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Hotelier Keshav Suri (3rd R), one of the petitioners in the Section 377 case, along with other LGBTQ activists react as they celebrate the Supreme Court verdict that decriminalises the consensual gay sex, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)