Arundhati Katju
Arundhati Katju was born in Prayagraj, India on August 19th, 1982 and is the Lawyer And Advocate At The Supreme Court Of India. At the age of 41, Arundhati Katju biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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In 2016, Katju drafted the lead petition in Navtej Singh Johar and Others v. Union of India, the case that led the Indian Supreme Court to read
Katju represented the lead petitioners in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India (2018) pertaining to the decriminalization of homosexuality in India. In a landmark judgment, the 5-judge Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court read down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 as not applicable to consenting adults.
In Shivani Bhat v. National Capital Territory of Delhi & Others, Katju represented Shivani Bhat, a 19-year-old trans man who was deceitfully brought from the United States to India by his parents. Katju filed a Writ Petition in the Delhi High Court on behalf of Bhat for protection from harassment and his right to return to the United States. The Delhi High Court ruled in favour of Shivani and ordered, inter alia, that Shivani’s parents must return his travel documents so he could travel back to the US. The Court reaffirmed his right to self-determination, travel and education.
In the Augusta Westland corruption case, where middlemen and Indian officials were alleged to have received kickbacks in a deal to purchase helicopters, Katju represented former Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi. Tyagi was granted bail after his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation.