India’s Supreme Court refuses plea to review colonial-era ban on gay sex
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Indias Supreme Court refuses plea to review colonial-era ban on gay sex
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 11:27 EST
Indias top court Tuesday rejected a plea filed by the government and activist groups to review its shock ruling which reinstated a colonial-era ban on gay sex.
A Supreme Court bench dismissed petitions filed by the government and rights groups against a verdict last month that re-criminalised gay sex and made it an offence punishable by up to life imprisonment.
We see no reason to interfere with the order impugned. The review petitions are dismissed, Supreme Court Justices H.L. Dattu and S.J. Mukhopadhaya said in their decision.
In its December 11 ruling, the top court reversed a lower court verdict from 2009 which had set aside a 19th-century law drafted by Indias British colonial rulers outlawing carnal intercourse against the order of nature.
unhappycamper comment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code dating back to 1861,[1] introduced during the British rule of India, criminalises sexual activities "against the order of nature", including homosexual acts.
The section was declared unconstitutional with respect to sex between consenting adults by the High Court of Delhi on 2 July 2009. That judgement was overturned by the Supreme Court of India on 11 December 2013, with the Court holding that amending or repealing Section 377 should be a matter left to Parliament, not the judiciary.
153 years.