 On 6 September 2018, the Court ruled unanimously in "Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India" that Section 377 was unconstitutional "in so far as it criminalises consensual sexual conduct between adults of the same sex".The judgment was given by a five judges bench comprising the then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justices R F Nariman, D Y Chandrachud, A M Khanwilkar and Indu Malhotra.In 2008 Additional Solicitor General PP Malhotra said