The Supreme Court of India had dealt a devastating blow to the LGBTQI community but the fight wasn’t over. In 2009, queer people were classified as a class of their own and were guaranteed their fundamental rights. So even though 377 was back, they hadn’t forgotten what victory felt like. There was no going back.

How does the dual role of the Supreme Court and the volume of cases handled, affect the quality of justice delivered? What really is the purpose of our top court?

Tarunabh Khaitan gives us a much needed civics lesson, and Anand returns to tell us how they handled the setback. While they prepared, another interesting case developed: NALSA vs Union of India—another public interest litigation case to provide trans-people categorisation as a third gender.