 The Naz Foundation worked with a legal team from the Lawyers Collective to engage in court.In 2003, the Delhi High Court refused to consider a petition regarding the legality of the law, saying that the petitioners, had no "locus standi" in the matter.Since nobody had been prosecuted in the recent past under this section it seemed unlikely that the section would be struck down as illegal by the Delhi High Court in the absence of a petitioner with standing.