29 December 2002
Wendell Rodricks and Jerome Marrel were married in Goa via PACS, a French civil ceremony in 2003. Earlier, gay activist Ashok Row Kavi wrote an article on how the marriage would affect homo***uals' rights.
What he said: ''Wendell and Jerome could go to jail for 10 years, or even for life." Kavi, in the article.
Status now: In July 2009, the Delhi High Court struck down the provision in Section 377, which criminalises
homo***ual, consensual *** between adults in private. Wendell and Jerome have been partners for over 25 years.