Supreme Court Begins Hearing Challenge To Section 377

NEW DELHI, INDIA - JULY 10: Krishna Reddy Medikonda (L), Akhilesh Godi(back row left), Anurag Kalia(back row right), Romel Barel (C) and Avnesh Pokkuluri (R), are among the 20 IITians whose writ petition challenging Section 377 is currently being heard in the Supreme Court, pose for a picture outside the Supreme Court of India, on July 10, 2018 in New Delhi, India. The court is examining the legality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes unnatural sex. While prosecutions under Section 377 has been rare, activists maintain the police used the law to harass and intimidate members of the LGBT community.(Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)